Regulation 3 Prohibition on import
England and Wales
Subject to paragraph (3), no person is to import into Wales any Iranian pistachios unless —
the conditions specified in Article 1.1, 3, 5 and (so far as applicable at the point of import) 7 of the Commission Decision are satisfied in relation to those pistachios; and
the costs resulting from sampling, analysis, storage and issuing of accompanying official documents and of copies of health certificates and accompanying documents pursuant to Article 1.4 to 7 of the Commission Decision have been met.
Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import into Wales any Iranian pistachios, except through a point of entry listed in Annex II to the Commission Decision.
Neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) shall be taken to prohibit the import into Wales from a member State of any Iranian pistachios which are in free circulation in that State.
Any person who knowingly contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Reg. 3(1) substituted (10.2.2005) by The Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (No.2) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/257), regs. 1, 2(3)