No person shall dispatch any live animal of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or any other biungulate.

By way of derogation from the preceding paragraph, the Secretary of State may by licence in writing authorise the dispatch of biungulate animals originating outside the restricted area if the animals travelled through that area in direct and uninterrupted transit on main roads or by rail or sea.

No person shall import any live animal of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease into England from another member State.