Article 5 Provisions relating to the unloading of animals, etc., at ports and airportsI1
England, Wales and Scotland
No person shall unload or attempt to unload imported animals from a vessel or aircraft in Great Britain, or cause or permit imported animals to be so unloaded, except in accordance with—
the terms and conditions of the import licence relating to those animals; and
the following provisions of this Article.
It shall be the duty of the person in charge of quarantine animals to ensure that, whilst they are being unloaded, no person, other than a person authorised by a veterinary inspector, comes into contact with them.
A veterinary inspector may inspect quarantine animals at any time after the vessel or aircraft which is carrying them arrives at a port or airport in Great Britain, and may require that the animals shall not be unloaded from that vessel or aircraft until after such inspection has been carried out.
If an imported animal, other than an animal to which Article 4(5) above applies, dies at a port or airport in Great Britain, it shall be the duty of—
the master of the vessel or the commander of the aircraft, as the case may be, in the case of an animal which dies before it has been unloaded, and
the person in charge of the animal in any other case,
to report its death, together with any other relevant information connected therewith, to F1the F2Secretary of StateF3Welsh Ministersan authorised veterinary inspector; and the carcase of any such animal shall—
in the case of an animal to which sub-paragraph (a) above applies, be unloaded only with the written consent of a veterinary inspector, and
be disposed of in accordance with any directions given by a veterinary inspector.
Where the master of a vessel or the commander of an aircraft knows or suspects that an animal to which paragraph (4)(a) above applies was, at the time of its death on board that vessel or aircraft, affected with disease, he shall ensure that any animal which may have been in contact with it, or with its carcase, is, except in the case of emergency, unloaded in Great Britain only with the written consent of a veterinary inspector.
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in art. 5(4) substituted (S.) (28.6.2013) by The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/173), arts. 1(1), 4(3)
- F2
Words in art. 5(4) substituted (E.) (1.11.2009) by The Animal Health (Divisional Veterinary Managers) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2713), arts. 1, 2(1), Sch. 1
- F3
Words in art. 5(4) substituted (W.) (1.4.2010) by The Animal Health (Divisional Veterinary Managers) (Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/618), arts. 1, 2(1), Sch. 1
- F4
Art. 5(6)(7) revoked (S.) (27.6.2000) by The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/167), reg. 1(1), sch. 3 Pt. I; revoked (E.) (6.7.2000) by The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1618), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I; and revoked (W.) (21.7.2001) by The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (Wales) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2662), arts. 1(1), 8(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I
Modifications
- C1
Art. 5(1)-(3) excluded (30.4.2005) by The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1158), regs. 1(1), 34, Sch. 8 (with reg. 2)
- C2
Art. 5(1)-(3) excluded (29.6.2006) by The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1471), regs. 1(1), 35(3), Sch. 9
- C3
Art. 5(1)-(3) excluded (2.4.2007) by The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/194), regs. 1(1), 37(3), sch. 9 (with regs. 2, 37(1)(2))
Commencement
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Art. 5 coming into operation on 1.7.1977, see art. 1