Regulation 20 Border inspection posts

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 20(3) substituted by Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Amendment 2001 reg. 2(3)
reg. 20(3) substituted by Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) 2001 reg. 2(3)
reg. 20(3) substituted by Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) 2001 reg. 2(3)
reg.20(2) amended by Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) 1997 reg.3(2)(b)

(1)

No person shall import any product of animal origin except at a border inspection post.

(2)

The only products of animal origin which may be imported through a border inspection post are those indicated in relation to that border inspection post in Decision 95/357.

(3)

If products are imported at any place other than a border inspection post, or at a border inspection post not authorised to accept those products, an authorised officer of the Minister or a local authority shall, by notice in writing, require the person appearing to him to be in charge of the consignment to destroy it, re-export it, or move it to a border inspection post, in each case under the control and direction of the authorised officer.

(4)

Any notice served under paragraph (3) above shall give details of a right of appeal against the decision taken, including the relevant time limits.

(5)

In the event of a notice not being complied with, an authorised officer of the Minister or a local authority may destroy the products.

(6)

The costs incurred in destroying, storing or transporting the products shall be borne by the importer or his agent.

(7)

The operator of any place of import other than a border inspection post who becomes aware of the importation of any product of animal origin which should have been imported through a border inspection post shall immediately detain the consignment, notify the local authority for the point of import and shall not release the consignment until authorised in writing to do so by an authorised officer of the Minister or of the local authority.