PART 3 E+WImportation from a third country

Destination outside the United KingdomE+W

18.—(1) This regulation relates to a consignment brought into Wales but intended for an ultimate destination outside the United Kingdom.

(2) In the case of an animal consigned to a destination outside the European Union, the person notifying its arrival must provide documentary evidence that the country 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.

[F1(3) Products that arrive at a border control post for an ultimate destination outside the United Kingdom, and which are subject to animal health check requirements in the relevant legislation listed in Schedule 1, may be taken directly from the border control post to the destination outside the United Kingdom 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.]

[F2(3A) Products that are not subject to import check requirements, and which arrive at a border control post for an ultimate destination outside the United Kingdom, 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 European Union, and the importation of the product into the European Union is not permitted, the official veterinary surgeon must reject the consignment.

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