Destination outside [F1Great Britain] U.K.
18.—(1) This regulation relates to a consignment brought into England but intended for an ultimate destination outside [F1Great Britain].
(2) In the case of an [F2imported animal], the person notifying its arrival must provide documentary evidence that the country [F3or territory] of destination will accept the animal, and the official veterinary surgeon at the border inspection post may refuse to accept the animal if this is not provided.
[F4(3) [F5Imported products] which are subject to animal health check requirements [F6under regulation 15(3)(a)], may be taken directly from the border control post to the destination outside [F1Great Britain] without a CHED, so long as the products do not remain for more than three days at an airport border control post or 30 days at a sea port border control post;]
[F7(3A) Products that are not subject to import check requirements, and which arrive at a border control post for an ultimate destination outside [F1Great Britain], may be taken directly from the border control post to their destination without a CHED, so long as the products do not remain at the border control post for more than 90 days.]
(4) But if the consignment is intended to be sent to a destination in the [F8British Islands], and the importation of the product into [F9any of the territories of the British Islands] is not permitted, the official veterinary surgeon must reject the consignment.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 18 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 13(a)
F2Words in reg. 18(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 13(b)(i)
F3Words in reg. 18(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 13(b)(ii)
F4Reg. 18(3) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1488), regs. 1(1), 26(16)(a)
F5Words in reg. 18(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 13(c)
F6Words in reg. 18(3) substituted (13.12.2022) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment and Legislative Functions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1322), regs. 2, 5(4)
F7Reg. 18(3A) inserted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1488), regs. 1(1), 26(16)(b)
F8Words in reg. 18(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 13(d)(i)
F9Words in reg. 18(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 13(d)(ii)