Article 19a Sanitary groupsF1

The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may assign a third country listed in Annex 1 or, as the case may be, part of the territory of any such third country, to a sanitary group F2....

Where the Secretary of State assigns a third country, or part of the territory of a third country, to a sanitary group under paragraph 1, the Secretary of State must specify the third country, or part of the third country, and the sanitary group to which it is assigned, in a document published for the purposes of this Article.

Imports of equidae from a third country or part of a third country assigned to a sanitary group are subject to the specific animal health guarantees required for entry into Great Britain for that sanitary group in accordance with F3a document including such guarantees as may be published by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) for the purposes of this Article.