# The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011, Paragraph 9: Imported birds

Extent: E+W+S+NI

(1) The Secretary of State is the competent authority for the import of certain birds and quarantine conditions for the purposes of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 139/2013 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Union and the quarantine conditions thereof.
(2) An importer must comply with Article 7 (transport of birds) of that Regulation.
(3) No person may release a bird from quarantine except in accordance with Article 16 (release of birds) of that Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1197/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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