{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-post-import-control-order-northern-ireland-1993/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-post-import-control-order-northern-ireland-1993/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1993/307",
  "legislation_title": "Animals (Post-Import Control) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-post-import-control-order-northern-ireland-1993",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Importation of bovine animals from areas not free from warble fly",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) the owner or person in charge of imported bovine animals which are not for immediate slaughter shall—\n(a) within 24 hours of their arrival at the place of destination, ensure that they are treated with an approved specified warble fly preparation as defined in Council Directive 81/851/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to veterinary medicinal products and Council Directive 81/852/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the analytical, pharmaco-toxicological and clinical standards and protocols in respect of the testing of veterinary medicinal products; and\n(b) within 5 working days of their arrival at their place of destination, send to the Divisional Veterinary Officer for the area in which that place is located, a written declaration that they have been treated as required by this paragraph.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to bovine animals imported from Great Britain or from a country or region of a country recognised by the Commission of the European Economic Community as being free from warble fly infestation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L317, 6.11.81, p. 1 as amended by Council Directive 90/676/EEC, O.J. No. L373, 31.12.90, p. 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L317, 6.11.81, p. 16 as amended by Council Directive 87/20/EEC, O.J. No. L15, 17.1.87, p. 34 and Council Directive 92/18/EEC, O.J. No. L97, 10.4.92, p. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2019/82",
      "affecting_title": "The Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1993/307/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:50:34.264287+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."
}