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16.—(1) No person may remove a consignment from the border control post unless it is accompanied by a CHED issued by the official veterinary surgeon, or the official fish inspector (as appropriate) in the case of a consignment of fish, and the movement is in accordance with that document.
(2) The person transporting it from the border control post must ensure that the document accompanies the consignment and must transport it directly to the destination specified therein.
(3) These requirements do not apply if the consignment is removed from the border control post under the authority of the relevant official veterinary surgeon or fish inspector (as appropriate).
(4) In the case of live animals, the person responsible for the transport to the final destination must be in possession of the appropriate transport authorisation in accordance with Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations M1 inside the vehicle.
(5) In this regulation, requirements for a consignment to be “accompanied by a CHED”, in relation to a CHED in electronic form, refer to the CHED being capable of being produced at any time by the person responsible for the consignment.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 16 substituted (31.1.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/44), regs. 1(2), 23(14)
Marginal Citations
M1OJ No. L 3, 5.1.2005, p.1.