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The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011
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2.—(1) In these Regulations—
[F1“the TARP (ALF) Regulations 2022” means the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment and Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022;]
“animal” means an animal of any kind, including a bird, fish or invertebrate;
[F2“appropriate computerised information management system” means the computerised information management system for official controls referred to in Article 131 of the Official Controls Regulation;]
[F2“border control post” has the meaning given in regulation 11;]
[F2“CHED” has the meaning given in regulation 10;]
“enforcement authority” has the meaning given in regulation 31;
[F3“genetic material” means any germinal product that includes semen, oocytes and embryos intended for artificial reproduction and hatching eggs;]
[F4“health certificate” in these Regulations includes the equivalent of a health certificate in electronic form;
“importer” means the natural or legal person who presents animals or products for importation from outside the [F5British Islands];
“intensified official controls” means those controls carried out in accordance with Article 65(4) [F6of the Official Controls Regulation];
“official controls” means activities performed in accordance with Article 2(1) of the [F7Official Controls Regulation];
[F8“official fish inspector” means a suitably trained person appointed in accordance with regulation 12;]
[F8“official veterinary surgeon” means a suitably trained veterinary surgeon appointed in accordance with regulation 12; ]
“premises” includes any place, vehicle, trailer, container, stall, moveable structure, ship or aircraft;]
[F9“product” means—
(a)
any product of animal origin, germinal product, animal by-product, derived product or hay or straw subject to official controls at border control posts; and
(b)
any composite product listed in Commission Decision 2007/275 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to official controls at border [F10control] posts;]
[F2“third country” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.]
[F11“the transitional staging period” has the meaning given in Annex 6 to the Official Controls Regulation.]
F12(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F13(3) In these Regulations—
(a)[F14“Official Controls Regulation”] is a reference to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products;
(b)“Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1012” is a reference to Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1012 on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof;
F15(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F16(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
[F17(4) The terms used in Schedule 6 have the same meaning as in Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (13.12.2022) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment and Legislative Functions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1322), regs. 2, 5(2)
F2Words in reg. 2(1) 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), 3(a)(i)
F3Words in reg. 2(1) 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(2)(a)(i)
F4Words in reg. 2(1) 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(2)(a)(ii)
F5Words in reg. 2(1) 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), 3(a)(ii)
F6Words in reg. 2(1) 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), 3(a)(iii)
F7Words in reg. 2(1) 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), 3(a)(iv)
F8Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (30.4.2024) by The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/541), regs. 1, 13(2) (with reg. 5)
F9Words in reg. 2(1) 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(2)(a)(iii)
F10Word in reg. 2(1) 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), 3(a)(v)
F11Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (E.) (30.7.2021) by The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/809), regs. 1(1)(b), 5(2)
F12Reg. 2(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 3(b)
F13Reg. 2(3) 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(2)(b)
F14Words in reg. 2(3)(a) 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), 3(c)(i)
F15Reg. 2(3)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 3(c)(ii)
F16Reg. 2(3)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 3(c)(ii)
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