Article 3 F1

United Kingdom

The F2Appropriate Minister shall approve and issue an approval number to each control post. Such approval may be limited to a particular species or to certain categories of animal and health status. F3...

F4...

Control posts shall be listed by F5each Appropriate Minister in relation to their own territories. The Secretary of State shall maintain a central list of all control posts in Great Britain.

F6The Appropriate Minister may only propose control posts for listing once the F7relevant competent authority has checked that it complies with the relevant requirements and approved it. For the purpose of such approval, the relevant competent authority F8... shall ensure that control posts fulfil all the requirements in Annex I to this Regulation; in addition, such control posts shall:

(a)

be located in an area which is not subject to prohibition or restrictions in accordance with relevant F9assimilated direct legislation;

(b)

be under the control of an official veterinarian who shall ensure, inter alia , compliance with the provisions of this Regulation;

(c)

operate in compliance with all the relevant F10assimilated direct regarding animal health, the movement of animals and the protection of animals at the time of slaughter;

(d)

undergo regular inspection, at least twice a year, to ascertain that the requirements for approval continue to be fulfilled.

F11The Appropriate Minister must, in serious cases, particularly on animal health or welfare grounds, suspend the use of a control post situated in its territory. It shall inform the F12other Appropriate Ministers and the competent authorities of such suspension and of its reasons. The suspension of the use of the control post may only be lifted after notification to the other Appropriate Ministers and the competent authorities on its reasons.

F13The Appropriate Minister may suspend the use of a control post or withdraw it from the list, if on-the-spot checks carried out by the F14relevant competent authority indicate non-compliance with the relevant F15assimilated direct legislation.

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Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97.
F2: Words in Art. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in Art. 3(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Words in Art. 3(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5: Words in Art. 3(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 2(4)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6: Words in Art. 3(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(7)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7: Word in Art. 3(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(7)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8: Words in Art. 3(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(7)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9: Words in Art. 3(3)(a) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 57(2)(a)
F10: Words in Art. 3(3)(c) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 57(2)(a)
F11: Words in Art. 3(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(8)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12: Words in Art. 3(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(8)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F13: Words in Art. 3(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F14: Words in Art. 3(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 2(9)(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 2(5)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F15: Words in Art. 3(5) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 57(2)(a)