Article 8 Aquaculture animals and products thereof leaving a constituent GB territory, zone or compartment subject to disease control measures, including eradication programmesF12

United Kingdom

F1Where consent has been granted by the competent authority in accordance with regulation 24(3) or 28(2) of the Aquatic Animal Health Regulations, consignments of aquaculture animals and products thereof leaving F2a constituent GB territory, a zone or a compartment subject to the disease control measures provided for in F3Part 4 of those Regulations, shall be accompanied by an animal health certificate completed in accordance with the F4relevant model.

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(b)

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Consignments of aquaculture animals intended for farming, relaying areas, put and take fisheries, open ornamental facilities or restocking shall be accompanied by an animal health certificate completed in accordance with the F6relevant model, where they:

(a)

are leaving a F7constituent GB territory, zone or compartment with an eradication programme F8...;

(b)

are of species susceptible to one or more of the diseases, or vector species for one or more of the diseases, for which the eradication programme applies, as referred to in point (a).

Consignments of aquaculture animals and products thereof intended for further processing, purification centres, dispatch centres or similar businesses before human consumption shall be accompanied by an animal health certificate completed in accordance with the F9relevant model, where they:

(a)

are leaving a F10constituent GB territory, zone or compartment with an eradication programme F11...;

(b)

are of species susceptible to one or more of the diseases for which the eradication programme applies, as referred to in point (a).

This Article shall not apply to:

(a)

fish which have been slaughtered and eviscerated before dispatch;

(b)

molluscs or crustaceans which are intended for human consumption and packed and labelled for that purpose in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, and which are:

(i)
non-viable, which means no longer able to survive as living animals if returned to the environment from which they were obtained; or
(ii)
intended for further processing without temporary storage at the place of processing;

(c)

aquaculture animals or products thereof placed on the market for human consumption without further processing, provided that they are packed in retail-sale packages which comply with the provisions for such packages in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(b)(i)(aa)
F2: Words in Art. 8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(b)(i)(bb)
F3: Words in Art. 8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(b)(i)(cc)
F4: Words in Art. 8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(b)(i)(dd)
F5: Art. 8(1)(a)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(b)(ii)
F6: Words in Art. 8(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(c)(i)
F7: Words in Art. 8(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(c)(ii)(aa)
F8: Words in Art. 8(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(c)(ii)(bb)
F9: Words in Art. 8(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(c)(i)
F10: Words in Art. 8(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(c)(ii)(aa)
F11: Words in Art. 8(3)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(c)(ii)(bb)
F12: Words in Art. 8 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(8)(a)