Regulation 9 Imports from third countriesI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 9 coming into force by Cattle Identification 1998 reg. 1
reg. 9(1) word substituted by Animal Health and Welfare 2019 Sch. 1 para. 10
reg. 9(1) words substituted by Animals (Health, Identification, Trade and Veterinary Medicines) 2020 reg. 6(3)
reg. 9(3) inserted by Cattle Identification 2012 reg. 2(4)
reg. 9(1) words omitted by Animal Health and Welfare 2019 Sch. 1 para. 10
reg. 9(1) substituted by Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) 2025 reg. 3(10)

(1)

Any person who, in contravention of Article 4.3 of the Council Regulation, fails to attach eartags to an animal imported from a third country within 20 days of the animal passing the checks specified in Council Directive 91/496/EEC (laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community)^f1 shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

It shall be a defence for any person charged with an offence under paragraph (1) to prove that—

(a)

when the animal to which the offence relates was imported, the holding of destination was a slaughterhouse, and

(b)

the animal was slaughtered within 20 days of undergoing the checks referred to in paragraph (1).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 9 in operation at 1.10.1998, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: O.J. No. L268, 24.9.91, p. 56 as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden