{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-scotland-regulations-2012/schedule-5/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-scotland-regulations-2012/schedule-5/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2012/177",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-scotland-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Derogation from regulation 12: notification of importation",
  "text": "(1) From 30th April 2024, subject to the derogation specified in sub-paragraphs (3C) and (3D), regulation 12 applies to relevant goods, as if—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words from “notify” to “border control post”, in the second place where it occurs, there were substituted “notify the competent authority in relation to Scotland of the expected date of arrival of the consignment in Scotland”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (3), after “made” there were inserted “through the appropriate computerised information management system”,\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) From 1st January 2022 relevant goods consisting of products of animal origin or animal by-products not covered by sub-paragraph (2)(b) must be pre-notified at least one working day before the expected time of arrival at a point of entry into Scotland.\n(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3C) In relation to relevant goods entering Scotland from the Republic of Ireland on or after 31st January 2024, the requirement that the goods be pre-notified before entry does not apply where the condition in sub-paragraph (3D) is met.\n(3D) The condition is that the goods are qualifying Northern Ireland goods that, in the course of passing from Northern Ireland into Scotland, have passed through the Republic of Ireland and have not passed through any other country or territory.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) In this paragraph—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(f) “qualifying Northern Ireland goods” has the meaning given to it from time to time in regulations made under section 8C(6) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/458), regs. 1(3), 2(30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 4(1) substituted (30.4.2024) by The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/541), regs. 1, 16(4)(b)(i) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 4(2) omitted (30.4.2024) by virtue of The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/541), regs. 1, 16(4)(b)(ii) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in sch. 5 para. 4(3) substituted (1.10.2021) by The Official Controls (Transitional Staging Period) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/342), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in sch. 5 para. 4(3) inserted (1.1.2022) by The Official Controls (Transitional Staging Period) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/493), regs. 1, 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 4(3A) omitted (31.1.2024) by virtue of The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/20), regs. 1(1), 8(3)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 4(3B) omitted (31.1.2024) by virtue of The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/20), regs. 1(1), 8(3)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 4(3C)(3D) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/20), regs. 1(1), 8(3)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in sch. 5 para. 4(3C) substituted (30.4.2024) by The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/541), regs. 1, 16(4)(b)(iii) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 4(4) omitted (30.4.2024) by virtue of The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/541), regs. 1, 16(4)(b)(iv) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 4(5) omitted (30.4.2024) by virtue of The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/541), regs. 1, 16(4)(b)(iv) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 4(6)(a)-(e) omitted (30.4.2024) by virtue of The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/541), regs. 1, 16(4)(b)(iv) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in sch. 5 para. 4(6)(f) substituted (25.2.2025) by The Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/177/schedule/5/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:52.526570+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."
}