{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/products-of-animal-origin-import-and-export-regulations-1992/regulation-16",
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  "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/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Import procedure on fishery products",
  "text": "(1) In the case of the importation of fishery products or live bivalve molluscs the prohibitions and procedures in Regulation 15 shall apply except that all powers and duties of an official veterinary surgeon shall be carried out by an authorised officer of the local authority.\n(2) Where an authorised officer of a local authority is satisfied that the movement of these products would not give rise to a public or animal health risk he may authorise their removal from customs temporary storage arrangements under customs control to different customs temporary storage arrangements at the same border inspection post for the checks to be carried out.",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3298/regulation/16",
    "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."
}