Regulation 14 Notification of importation
United Kingdom
The person responsible for a consignment of animals or products must notify F2, through the appropriate computerised information management system, F3a border control post of the expected date of its arrival at the border control post at least one working day before it is due to arrive; but where the person can provide evidence of a logistical constraint preventing such notification, that requirement may be satisfied by notification of its expected time of arrival at least four hours in advance.
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The notification must be made by submitting the F5CHED with Part I completed.
In the case of a transhipment of products from one border control post to another, the person responsible for the consignment must notify the official veterinary surgeon at the border control post of destination of—
the estimated time of arrival;
the border control post at which the transhipment will be checked;
the identification and location of the consignment; and
the estimated time of departure.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 14(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1488), regs. 1(1), 26(12)(a)
- F2
Words in reg. 14(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 10
- F3
Words in reg. 14(1) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 38(6)(a)
- F4
Reg. 14(2) omitted (14.12.2019) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1488), regs. 1(1), 26(12)(b)
- F5
Word in reg. 14(3) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 38(6)(b)
- F6
Reg. 14(4) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1488), regs. 1(1), 26(12)(c)