The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Wales) (No.5) Regulations 2001 (Version in vigour from 2001-04-19 to )
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Coming into Force | 19 April 2001 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Wales) (No.5) Regulations 2001; they apply to Wales and come into force at 11.45 p.m. on 19th April 2001.(2) These Regulations apply until midnight on 18th May 2001.In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires — (1) No person shall export any live animal of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or any other biungulate.(2) By way of derogation from the preceding paragraph, the National Assembly or the Minister may by licence in writing authorise the export of biungulate animals originating outside the United Kingdom if the animals travelled through the United Kingdom in direct and uninterrupted transit on main roads or by rail or sea.(3) No person shall import any live animal of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease into Wales from another member State.(1) No person shall export any fresh meat of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or other biungulate.fresh meat obtained before 1st February 2001, provided that the meat is clearly identified and since that date has been transported and stored separately from meat which is not destined for dispatch outside the United Kingdom; orthe only meat processed in the establishment is fresh meat described in sub-paragraph (a) ; fresh meat from animals reared outside the Great Britain or Northern Ireland, transported directly and under official control in sealed means of transport to a slaughterhouse for immediate slaughter; or fresh meat from animals reared and slaughtered outside the United Kingdom;all the meat must bear the health mark in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex I to Council Directive 64/433/EEC (on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin ) ;the plant is operated under strict veterinary control; andthe meat is clearly identified and transported and stored separately from meat which is not destined for export.(3) Meat consigned to another member State shall be accompanied by an official certificate prepared by the National Assembly and signed by a person appointed as an officer of the kind specified in the certificate which bears the following words—
- Meat conforming to Commission Decision 2001/172/EC of 1st March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom
- Meat products conforming to Commission Decision 2001/172/EC of 1st March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom
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