Article 12 Authorisations and registration
No person shall transport vertebrate animals by sea or air, or by any other means of transport involving a journey over 50 km, except under—
in the case of a transporter established in Great Britain, an authorisation granted under this article to the transport undertaking by the Minister;
in the case of a transporter established in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, an authorisation to transport animals granted by the appropriate competent authority;
in the case of a transporter established in another member State, an equivalent authorisation to transport animals granted by the competent authority of the member State of establishment for the purposes of implementing Council Directive 91/628/EEC; or
in the case of a transporter established in a third country, an authorisation to transport animals granted by the competent authority of a member State of the European Union for the purposes of implementing Council Directive 91/628/EEC.
An authorisation granted by the Minister under this article—
shall be in writing;
may be general or, after 1st October 1997, specific; and
may be made subject to conditions.
The provisions of Schedule 9 relating to authorisations shall have effect.
In the case of a transporter authorised outside the United Kingdom, if the Minister is satisfied that serious or repeated infringements have taken place against this Order or any other legislation implementing Council Directive 91/628/EEC in the United Kingdom, provided that all the possibilities afforded by mutual recognition referred to in that directive have been exhausted and after contacts between the parties and the Commission, the Minister may, by notice in writing served on the transporter, temporarily prohibit the transporter from transporting vertebrate animals in Great Britain.
Any person requiring a specific authorisation under this Order shall register as a transporter with the Minister.