Regulation 7 Transport of animals and animal products

No person shall transport any animal or animal product in intra-Community trade unless it is accompanied by the documents required by Article 3.1.d of Council Directive 90/425/EEC.

No person shall deliver any animal or animal product imported from another member State other than to the address specified in the required consignment documentation unless required to do so by means of a notice served on him by an inspector; and, if an animal or animal product is delivered to an address other than that specified in the required consignment documentation and not in compliance with a notice served by an inspector, an inspector may serve a notice on the person appearing to him to be in charge of the animal or animal product requiring that person to transport it, at that person’s expense, to the address specified in the required consignment documentation.

In the event of a notice served under paragraph (2) not being complied with an inspector may seize or cause to be seized any animal or animal product to which it relates and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be complied with.

In the case of the transport of cattle or pigs, the provisions of Part II of Schedule 3 shall have effect, and any failure to comply with those provisions may lead to a withdrawal of an authorisation to transport those animals granted under article 12 of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997^f1 in accordance with Schedule 9 of that Order.