{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-and-movement-restrictions-foot-and-mouth-disease-regulations-2007-revoked/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-and-movement-restrictions-foot-and-mouth-disease-regulations-2007-revoked/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3295",
  "legislation_title": "The Export and Movement Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Regulations 2007 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-and-movement-restrictions-foot-and-mouth-disease-regulations-2007-revoked",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations revoke the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No.6) Regulations 2007. The Regulations implement the Commission Decision of 19 November 2007 amending Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (not yet published in the Official Journal). The Commission Decision of 19 November 2007 extends the categories of, and areas from which, products derived from animals may exported.\nThey regulate—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nThey create an offence of offering to export anything which it is prohibited to export under the Regulations (regulation 16).\nThey provide powers for enforcement, and powers for officers of Revenue and Customs (regulations 20 to 22) and create an offence of obstruction (regulation 23).\nBreach of the Regulations is an offence, punishable with up to two years’ imprisonment.\nThe Regulations are enforced by the Secretary of State or the local authority (regulation 28).\nAn impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (E.) (coming into force at 6.00 pm on 5.12.2007) by The Export and Movement Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No.2) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3435), regs. 1(1)(c), 29"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3295/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:53.938959+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."
}