Approvals for the Balai DirectiveE+W
5.—(1) No person may trade in apes (simiae and prosimiae) other than between a centre approved by the Welsh Ministers and a centre approved by the competent authority for the other member State in accordance with Article 5 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC (“the Balai Directive”).
(2) A body seeking approval to use the different health provisions set out in Article 13 of the Balai Directive must be approved by the Welsh Ministers.
(3) The Welsh Ministers must suspend, withdraw or restore approvals in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) in the circumstances set out in point 3 of Annex C to that Directive.
(4) The Welsh Ministers must approve a body authorised to engage in trade [F1with] member States in semen, ova and embryos in accordance with Article 11 of the Balai Directive if the body meets the conditions applicable to it in respect of approval and the performance of its duties as required by Article 11 of and Annex D to that Directive.
(5) By way of derogation from sub-paragraph (1), the Welsh Ministers may authorise in writing a body approved under this paragraph to acquire an ape (simiae and prosimiae) belonging to an individual.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 2 para. 5(4) 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(34)(d)