The Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1992

Transhipment under customs control

18.—(1) This Regulation applies to the transhipment of products of animal origin between one aircraft or vessel and another connecting two countries, neither of which is a member State and where the products do not leave customs control and do not leave the border inspection post of arrival except for re-exportation.

(2) No person shall carry out a transhipment to which this Regulation applies unless the notice provided under Regulations 15 or 16 also specifies the means by which the products will be transhipped, and the vessel or aircraft to which they are to be transhipped.

(3) When the transhipment entails the products being temporarily stored with a view to being forwarded to a predetermined third country, the official veterinary surgeon (or, in the case of fishery products and live bivalve molluscs, an authorised officer of the local authority) shall—

(a) carry out a documentary and identity check of the products;

(b) serve a notice on the person having control of the products specifying the time by which the products must leave Great Britain.

(4) If a notice served under the preceding paragraph is not complied with, the products shall be dealt with in accordance with Regulations 15 or 16.