{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-animal-products-import-and-export-regulations-1992/regulation-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3295",
  "legislation_title": "The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-animal-products-import-and-export-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Importation",
  "text": "(1) No person shall import any animal\n(a) either for entry into Great Britain or for export to another member State unless the conditions in Article 5 of Council Directive 91/496/EEC and Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Council Directive 91/628/EEC on the protection of animals during transport are complied with as well as any additional legislation applicable in Great Britain, or\n(b) for immediate re-export, either directly or indirectly, outside the European Economic Community unless such transit has been previously authorised in writing by the Minister and the conditions in Article 9 of Council Directive 91/496/EEC have been complied with.\n(2) No person shall import any animal to which a decision listed in Schedule 6 applies from the country referred to in that decision except in accordance with the provisions of those decisions, including any options exercised by the Minister under those decisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L340, 11.12.91, p 17."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3295/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:07:48.891208+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}