The Official Controls (Exemptions from Controls at Border Control Posts) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendments to the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011

2.—(1) The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 3, in paragraph 8—

(a) in the heading and in sub-paragraph (1), for “Invertebrate” substitute “Relevant”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) In this paragraph, “relevant animals” means—

(a) animals listed in Schedule 2 to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986(2); and

(b) invertebrate animals.”;

(c) for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to zebra fish, aquatic molluscs belonging to the phylum Mollusca or aquatic crustaceans belonging to the subphylum Crustacea.”; and

(d) after sub-paragraph (2), insert—

“(3) The reference to educational activities in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to—

(a) vertebrate animals; or

(b) honey bees (Apis mellifera) or bumble bees (Bombus spp).”.

(1)

S.I. 2011/1197, amended by S.I. 2019/1488 and 2020/1462; there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

1986 (c. 14). Schedule 2 is amended by S.I. 1993/2103, S.I. 1998/1674 and S.I. 2012/3039.