{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/products-of-animal-origin-import-and-export-regulations-1992/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/products-of-animal-origin-import-and-export-regulations-1992/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3298",
  "legislation_title": "The Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/products-of-animal-origin-import-and-export-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Import procedure",
  "text": "(1) No person shall import any product of animal origin (except fishery products or live bivalve molluscs) unless he has given to the official veterinary surgeon through the local authority for the border inspection post—\n(a) for consignments arriving by air, notice of arrival given during the working day of the border inspection post and giving at least six hours notice of arrival;\n(b) in any other case, notice of arrival of at least one working day of the border inspection post.\n(2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be in accordance with Article 4.4 of Council Directive 90/675/EEC.\n(3) No person shall remove any product of animal origin to which this Regulation applies from customs temporary storage arrangements except as provided for in Regulations 16(2), 18 or 19 below unless there has been provided to the Customs and Excise—\n(a) the certificate signed by the official veterinary surgeon and issued under Article 10.1, second indent, of Council Directive 90/675/EEC that the veterinary checks (or, in the case of Articles 8.4 and 11.2.b of that directive dealing with deferred checks, or Article 12 of that directive dealing with the transit of products from one third country to another, the checks specified in those articles) have been carried out on the products in question in accordance with Articles 4 and 8 of that directive to his satisfaction, and\n(b) proof that those checks have been paid for, and that, where relevant, a deposit covering any costs provided for in Article 16(3) of that directive has been lodged with the local authority.\n(4) The official veterinary surgeon shall ensure that all checks required by Council Directive 90/675/EEC are carried out to his satisfaction, either by him or under his supervision, before he signs the certificate required under paragraph (3) above.\n(5) Before authorising the release of any products, the official veterinary surgeon shall, in cases where there is a doubt whether such product should be released, consult the appropriate Divisional Veterinary Officer, and following such consultation shall take no further action without first informing him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2783",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Safety (Fishery Products) (Import Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/2911",
      "affecting_title": "The Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) (Amendment) Regulations 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3298/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:07:47.412893+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."
}