{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-regulations-2011/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-regulations-2011/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1197",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Re-importation of animals and products",
  "text": "(1) An official veterinary surgeon at a border control post must authorise the re-importation of consignments of the categories of animals and products referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 47(1) originating from, and returning to, Great Britain following a refusal of entry by a third country, provided that—\n(a) animals and germinal products that have been authorised in advance by the competent authority comply with the relevant animal health and animal welfare requirements;\n(b) products of animal origin and composite products comply with animal and public health requirements relating to consignments of products for human consumption originating in and returning to Great Britain following a refusal of entry by a third country; and\n(c) animal by-products comply with the animal health requirements laid down in Annex 14 to Commission Regulation (EU)142/2011 for the entry of consignments of animal by-products originating from and returning to, Great Britain following refusal of entry by a third country.\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The official veterinary surgeon must carry out a documentary and identity check and if necessary a physical check.\n(3) The importer must either—\n(a) transport the consignment directly to the establishment of origin ..., in leak-proof means of transport, identified and sealed by the official veterinary surgeon at the border control post so that the seals will be broken whenever the container is opened, or\n(b) destroy the consignment as animal by-products.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 27(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(22)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 27 substituted (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), 20(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 27(1A) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 20(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 27(3)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 20(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 27(3)(a) substituted (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), 20(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 27 heading inserted (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(22)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1197/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:07:56.598693+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."
}