Regulation 12 Importation and treatment of samples and their packagingI1
Northern Ireland
Regulations 10(b), 11(1)(c), (d) and (e) shall not apply to samples.
Samples shall be taken directly from the port or airport of entry to the address at which they are to be exhibited, studied or analysed.
Samples shall not be used for human consumption or sold.
All residues of the samples and all of their packaging shall be destroyed by incineration or by other means sufficient to destroy pathogenic agents.
It is the duty of the person having possession of these samples for the time being—
to comply with the requirements of paragraph (2); and
to ensure that there is no contravention of paragraph (3).
It is the duty of the person having possession of the samples at the time of the completion or abandonment of the exhibition, special study or analysis for which the samples are intended to comply with the requirements of paragraph (4).