{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-regulations-2011/schedule-3/paragraph-8",
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  "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": "schedule/3/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Case 7: Relevant animals intended for scientific purposes",
  "text": "(1) Relevant animals intended for scientific purposes such as research, educational activities or research related to product development activities are exempt from official controls at border control posts, other than controls carried out in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014, provided that—\n(a) they comply with all requisite animal health requirements;\n(b) they have been authorised by the Secretary of State;\n(c) when the activities relating to the scientific purposes have been carried out, they and any products derived from them, with the exception of any portions used for the scientific purposes, must be disposed of or re-dispatched to the third country of origin.\n(1A) In this paragraph, “relevant animals” means—\n(a) animals listed in Schedule 2 to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and\n(b) invertebrate animals.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to zebra fish, aquatic molluscs belonging to the phylum Mollusca or aquatic crustaceans belonging to the subphylum Crustacea.\n(3) The reference to educational activities in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to—\n(a) vertebrate animals; or\n(b) honey bees (Apis mellifera) or bumble bees (Bombus spp).",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 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(37)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 para. 8(1) substituted (30.4.2021) by The Official Controls (Exemptions from Controls at Border Control Posts) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/453), regs. 1(1)(b), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 8(1A) inserted (30.4.2021) by The Official Controls (Exemptions from Controls at Border Control Posts) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/453), regs. 1(1)(b), 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 8(2) substituted (30.4.2021) by The Official Controls (Exemptions from Controls at Border Control Posts) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/453), regs. 1(1)(b), 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 8(3) inserted (30.4.2021) by The Official Controls (Exemptions from Controls at Border Control Posts) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/453), regs. 1(1)(b), 2(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 para. 8 heading substituted (30.4.2021) by The Official Controls (Exemptions from Controls at Border Control Posts) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/453), regs. 1(1)(b), 2(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1197/schedule/3/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}