Regulation 11 Duties on consignees relating to animals

(1)

Where animals are consigned to a market or assembly centre approved by the Minister for the purposes of intra-Community trade, the operator of the market or assembly centre shall ensure that no animal is admitted unless it complies with Article 3(1) of Council Directive 90/425/EEC.

(2)

Where animals are consigned to a slaughterhouse under the supervision of an official veterinary surgeon appointed under the provisions of Council Directive 64/433/EEC on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat^f1, the latter shall ensure that no animal is slaughtered unless it complies with Article 3(1) of Council Directive 90/425/EEC.

(3)

If, in carrying out inspections under the preceding paragraph, the official veterinary surgeon establishes that animals imported from another member State are accompanied by incorrect certification or cannot readily be identified, he shall forthwith notify the Divisional Veterinary Officer, who shall examine the animals and shall either—

(a)

certify that they are fit to be slaughtered and used for their intended purpose, or

(b)

by notice in writing served on the official veterinary surgeon require the animals to be slaughtered and destroyed or re-exported, in each case at the expense of the importer.

(4)

Where paragraphs (1) and (2) above do not apply, any person who markets any animal consigned to him from another member State, or divides up batches of such animals for distribution or marketing—

(a)

shall check, before the batch is divided up or marketed, that all the animals comply with the relevant provisions of the directives listed in Schedule 3, or for those animals and animal products specified in Schedule 4, with the animal health conditions applicable to imports into Great Britain, with respect to identification marks and accompanying documentation;

(b)

shall forthwith notify the Divisional Veterinary Officer of any irregularity or anomaly, and

(c)

if there is a breach of Article 3(1)(d) of Council Directive 90/425/EEC, shall isolate the animals in question until the Divisional Veterinary Officer has authorised their release in writing.

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Footnotes

f1: OJ No. L121, 28.7.64, p 2012 (Special edition 1963-64p, 185; relevant amending instrument is Council Directive 91/497/EEC (OJ No. L268, 24.9.91, p 69).