Regulation 11 Duties on consignees

No person shall accept a consignment of animals or animal products (other than registered horses accompanied by an identification document provided for by Council Directive 90/427/EEC on the zootechnical and genealogical conditions governing intra-Community trade in equidae^f1) unless the importer or consignee has notified to an authorised inspector in writing, at least 24 hours in advance, the nature of the consignment, its anticipated date of arrival and the place of destination.

A consignee shall retain all certificates sent in accordance with these Regulations for 12 months from the date of arrival.

The authorised inspector in regulation 11(1) shall be the inspector authorised (in England and Wales by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and in Scotland by him and the Secretary of State for Scotland acting jointly) to receive information about the anticipated date of arrival of imported animals or animal products for the area in which the place of destination in Great Britain is situated.