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4.—(1) No person may dispatch live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or any other biungulates.
(2) By way of derogation from paragraph (1), a person may export animals originating outside Great Britain if the animals travelled through Great Britain on main roads and railway lines and the requirements in paragraph (3) are complied with.
(3) No person may export biungulate animals to another member State without the prior authorisation of the Secretary of State—
(a)unless at least three days before export the Secretary of State has notified that member State; and
(b)in the case of—
(i)bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine animals, the health certificate accompanying the animals bears the following words—
“Animals conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.”; or
(ii)other biungulates, the health certificate accompanying the animals bears the following words—
“Live biungulates conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.”.
(4) No person may move any biungulate through Great Britain except on main roads or railway lines.
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