The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

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"the Agri-food and Biosciences Institute" means a body corporate which carries out scientific work in the fields of agriculture, animal health and welfare, food, fisheries, forestry, the natural environment and rural development and enterprise and was established by the Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order 2004[4] on 1st April 2006.

"approved assembly centre" means an assembly centre approved by the Department in accordance with regulation 12;

"assembly centre" means holdings, collection centres and markets, at which cattle, pigs, sheep or goats originating from different holdings are grouped together to form consignments of animals intended for intra-Community trade or which are used in the course of intra-Community trade, and which are approved by the Department in accordance with regulation 12;

"border inspection post" means a border inspection post as defined in Commission Decision 97/778/EEC drawing up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on animals and animal products from third countries, laying down detailed rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the experts of the commission;

"captive bird" means a bird whose import is subject to the requirements of Commission Decision 2000/666/EC[5];

"dealer" means

(a) in the case of cattle or pigs, any person who buys and sells animals commercially either directly or indirectly, who has a regular turnover of those animals and who within 30 days of purchasing animals resells or relocates them to other premises not within his ownership; and

(b) in the case of sheep or goats, any person who buys and sells animals commercially either directly or indirectly, who has a turnover of those animals and who within 29 days of purchasing animals resells or relocates them to other premises or directly to a slaughterhouse not within his ownership;

"the Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

"equidae" means wild or domesticated animals of the equine (including zebras) or asinine species or the offspring or crossings of those species;

"European International Instruments" means—

(a) the Act of Accession to the European Communities of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[6];

(b) the Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement on the European Economic Area between the European Communities, their member States and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Swiss Confederation[7]; and

(c) the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded[8];

(d) the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded[9];

"export" means sent out of Northern Ireland by any means whatsoever;

"herd" or "flock" means a group of animals kept as an epidemiological unit;

"import" means brought into Northern Ireland by any means whatsoever;

"importer" in relation to any imported animal or animal product means any person who, whether as owner, consignor, consignee, agent or broker, is in possession of or in any way entitled to the custody or control of that animal or animal product;

"inspector" means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Department and includes a veterinary inspector;

"keeper" means any natural or legal person responsible for animals, whether on a permanent or on a temporary basis, including during transportation or at a market;

"member State" means any member State of the European Union other than the United Kingdom and does not include the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands;

"official veterinary surgeon" means a veterinary inspector designated to act as such by the Department;

"place of destination" in relation to any animals or animal products means the address or addresses to which the animals or animal products are consigned by the consignor;

"quarantine centre" and "quarantine facility" in relation to captive birds have the meanings given in Commission Decision 2000/666/EC, and references in that Decision and in these Regulations to an "approved quarantine centre" and an "approved quarantine facility" shall be construed as referring to such a centre or facility which is approved in accordance with regulation 17 and Schedule 7;

"quarantine manager" in relation to captive birds has the meaning given in regulation 17(11);

"re-inspection" in relation to the Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme means an additional inspection described in paragraph 8 of Part I of Schedule 3, and "re-inspection fee" is the fee provided for in that paragraph;

"required consignment documentation" in relation to any consignment means any certificates or other documents which are required by these Regulations to accompany the consignment;

"veterinary inspector" means a person appointed as a veterinary inspector by the Department.

    (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[10] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

    (3) References in these Regulations to the European Union legislation listed in this paragraph shall be construed as follows—

"Commission Decision 2000/666/EC" means Commission Decision 2000/666/EC laying down the animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of birds, other than poultry and the conditions for quarantine[11], as amended by and as read with the instruments listed in paragraph 6 of Part II of Schedule 6;

"Commission Decision 2006/115/EC" means Commission Decision 2006/115/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds in the Community and repealing Decisions 2006/86/EC, 2006/90/EC, 2006/91/EC, 2006/94/EC, 2006/104/EC and 2006/105/EC[12] as amended by Commission Decision 2006/277/EC[13];

"Commission Regulation (EC) No. 282/2004" means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 282/2004 introducing a document for the declaration of, and veterinary checks on, animals from third countries entering the Community[14];

"Council Directive 64/432/EEC" means Council Directive 64/432/EEC on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine[15], as amended by and as read with the instruments listed in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 2;

"Council Directive 90/425/EEC" has the meaning given in paragraph (5)(a);

"Council Directive 90/427/EEC" means Council Directive 90/427/EEC on the zootechnical and genealogical conditions governing intra-Community trade in equidae[16], as amended by and as read with the instruments listed in paragraph 15 of Part I of Schedule 2;

"Council Directive 90/539/EEC" means Council Directive 90/539/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs[17], as amended by and as read with, in relation to intra-Community trade with the instruments listed in paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 2 and in relation to imports from third countries, the instruments listed in paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 6;

"Council Directive 91/67/EEC" means Council Directive 91/67/EEC concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products[18], as amended by and as read with the instruments listed in paragraph 8(1) of Part I of Schedule 2;

"Council Directive 91/68/EEC" means Council Directive 91/68/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals[19], as amended by and as read with the instruments listed in paragraph 9 of Part I of Schedule 2;

"Council Directive 91/496/EEC" has the meaning given in paragraph (5)(b);

"Council Directive 92/65/EEC" means Council Directive 92/65/EEC laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(1) to Council Directive 90/425/EEC[20], as amended by and as read with, in relation to intra-Community trade, the instruments listed in paragraph 10 of Part I of Schedule 2, and in relation to imports from third countries, the instruments listed in paragraph 5 of Part II of Schedule 6;

"Regulation (EC) No. 998/2003" means Regulation (EC) No. 998/2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC[21], as amended by Commission Regulation 2054/2004[22] and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1193/2005[23]; and

"Regulation (EC) No. 854/2004" means Regulation (EC) No. 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption[24].

    (4) For purposes of regulation 14(b), quarantine required under Commission Decision 2000/666/EC is a check provided for in Council Directive 91/496/EEC.

    (5) Unless specifically defined in these Regulations, any expression used in these Regulations has the meaning it bears in the following instruments—

(a) Council Directive 90/425/EEC concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the single market[25] as amended by and as read with the instruments listed in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1; and

(b) Council Directive 91/496/EEC laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries[26], as amended by and as read with the instruments listed in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1.

    (6) Any notices, approvals or declarations under these Regulations—

(a) shall be in writing;

(b) may be made subject to such conditions as are specified therein; and

(c) may be amended, suspended or revoked by a further notice in writing served on the same person at any time.

    (7) Any person on whom a notice is served under these Regulations shall comply with the requirements thereof.

Exception
     3. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations shall not apply in relation to veterinary checks on movements of pets (other than equidae) accompanied by and under the responsibility of a natural person, where such movements are not the subject of a commercial transaction.

    (2) Where a person is accompanying and has under his responsibility more than 5 pets travelling together that—

(a) are of a species listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 998/2003; and

(b) come from a third country other than one listed in section 2 of part B of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 998/2003,

these Regulations shall apply to the veterinary checks on the movements of those animals, notwithstanding that their movement is not the subject of a commercial transaction.

which are the subject of an instrument referred to in Part I of Schedule 2, except aquaculture products for human consumption controlled by Council Directive 91/67/EEC.

Exports
     5. —(1) A person shall not export, or consign for export, to another member State any animal or animal product which is the subject of one or more of the instruments referred to in Part I of Schedule 2 unless—

(a) it complies with the relevant provisions of those instruments (including any option which has been exercised by the member State of destination), and any additional requirements specified in that Part;

(b) when required by such an instrument, it is accompanied by—


(i) an export health certificate signed by a veterinary inspector (or, where specified in such an instrument, signed by a veterinary surgeon nominated by the exporter); or

(ii) any other document required by the instrument;



(c) when required by such instrument, any notification of a disease on the holding from which the animal has been consigned has been made within the time and in the manner (if any) specified in the instrument; and

(d) if the animal is acquired through or transits an assembly centre, that centre is an approved assembly centre.

    (2) If the Department has reasonable cause to suspect that a person in charge of an animal or animal product intends to export that animal or animal product in contravention of this regulation it may by notice served on the consignor, his representative or person appearing to be in charge of the animal or animal product—

(a) prohibit that exportation of that animal or animal product; and

(b) require that person immediately to detain it at such place as may be specified in the notice and to take such further action in relation to it as may be so specified.

    (3) If an animal or animal product has been exported to a member State in contravention of this regulation and returned to Northern Ireland (whether with the authorisation of the Department or not), the Department may by notice served on the person appearing to it to be in charge of the animal or animal product, the consignor or his representative—

(a) prohibit the re-export of that animal or animal product, whether to the same or another member State; and

(b) require that person immediately to detain it at such place as may be specified in the notice and take such further action in relation to it as may be so specified.

    (4) In the event of a notice served under paragraph (2) or (3) not being complied with, an inspector may seize or cause to be seized any animal or animal product to which it relates and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be complied with.

    (5) A person shall not export to a member State any animal to which the provisions of Articles 6, 7, 9 and 10 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC apply unless the animal originates from—

(a) a holding which has been registered with the Department and the owner or person in charge of that holding has given to the Department undertakings in accordance with Article 4 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC; or

(b) a body, institute or centre which has been approved by the Department in accordance with regulation 9(1) and which conforms with the requirements of Annex C to Council Directive 92/65/EEC.

    (6) A person shall not export to another member State any hatching eggs, day-old chicks or poultry to which Article 6 of Directive 90/539/EEC applies unless they originate from an establishment that—

(a) is a member of the monitoring scheme, known as the Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme, operated by the Department in accordance with Schedule 3 to these Regulations; and

(b) conforms with the requirements of Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC.

    (7) An establishment to which paragraph (6)(a) applies is to be considered an approved establishment for the purposes of Article 6(1)(a) of Council Directive 90/539/EEC.

Imports
     6. —(1) A person shall not import from a member State (either for entry into UK or by way of transition to another member State)—

(a) any animal; or

(b) any animal product,

subject to an instrument listed in Part I of Schedule 2 unless it complies with the relevant provisions of that instrument(subject to any derogations specified in that part) and with any additional requirements specified in that Part.

    (2) Where an animal or animal product subject to an instrument listed in Part I of Schedule 2 is imported from another member State (either for entry into the UK or by way of transition to another member State), the importer, or the person in charge of the animal or animal product, if not the importer, shall comply with the relevant provisions of that instrument until it arrives at its place of destination or leaves Northern Ireland, as the case may be.

    (3) Where an animal is imported for slaughter from another member State, the importer, his representative, or the person appearing to be in charge of the animal shall ensure it is slaughtered within the specified period.

    (4) Where an animal imported from another member State for slaughter is consigned to an assembly centre, the importer, or the person in charge of the animal, if not the importer, shall ensure that the animal is removed from the assembly centre directly to a slaughterhouse and that the animal is slaughtered there —

(a) within 5 days of its arrival at the approved assembly centre, in the case of sheep and goats; and

(b) within 3 days of its arrival at the approved assembly centre, in the case of cattle and pigs.

    (5) If any animal referred to in paragraph (4) is not slaughtered within the period required by that paragraph, an inspector may by notice served on the importer, his representative, or the person appearing to him to be in charge of the animal require it to be slaughtered within such time and at such place as may be specified in the notice.

    (6) Where an animal is imported from another member State for slaughter, other than an animal taken to an approved assembly centre, it must be taken directly and without undue delay to a slaughterhouse, and if it is not taken directly and without undue delay to a slaughterhouse, an inspector may, by notice served on the person appearing to him to be in charge of the animal, require the animal to be taken to such slaughterhouse as may be specified in the notice.

    (7) In the event of a notice served under paragraph (5) or (6) not being complied with an inspector may seize or cause to be seized any animal to which that notice relates and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be complied with.

    (8) In this regulation "animal" shall mean cattle, pigs, sheep and goats.

Transport of animals and animal products
     7. —(1) A person shall not transport any animal or animal product in intra-Community trade unless it is accompanied by the documents required by Article 3(1)(d) of Council Directive 90/425/EEC.

    (2) A person shall not deliver any animal or animal product imported from a member State other than to the address specified in the required consignment documentation unless required to do so by a notice served on him by the Department under these Regulations.

    (3) If an animal or animal product is delivered to an address other than that specified in the required consignment documentation and not in compliance with a notice served by the Department, the Department may serve a notice on the person appearing to it to be in charge of the animal or animal product requiring that person to transport it, at that person's expense, to the address specified in the required consignment documentation or notice as the case may be.

    (4) In the event of a notice served under paragraphs (2) and (3) not being complied with the Department may seize or cause to be seized any animal or animal product to which it relates and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be complied with.

    (5) In the case of the transport of cattle, pigs, sheep or goats, the provisions of Part II of Schedule 2 shall have effect, and any failure to comply with those provisions may lead to the amendment, suspension or withdrawal of a licence to transport those animals granted under Article 12 of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997[27] in accordance with Schedule 9 to that Order.

Dealers
     8. —(1) A dealer in cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, engaging in intra-Community trade shall comply with the provisions of Part III of Schedule 2.

    (2) A dealer in other animals engaging in intra-Community trade, if required to do so by a notice served on him by the Department, shall register as such with the Department and shall give the Department such undertakings as to compliance with these Regulations as shall be specified in the notice.

    (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) the Department shall keep a register of dealers engaging in intra-Community trade who have registered in accordance with that paragraph.

    (4) Any person who has registered under paragraph (2) shall keep a record of—

(a) all consignments of animals and animal products delivered to him; and

(b) where a consignment is divided up or subsequently marketed, of the subsequent destination of the animals or animal products comprising it.

and shall keep such records for 12 months from the date of delivery to him of the consignment.

Approval of bodies, institutes, centres and teams for the purposes of Directive 92/65/EEC and of laboratories for the purposes of Directive 90/539/EEC
     9. —(1) The Department shall, for the purposes of Articles 5 and 13 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC, approve any body, institute or centre (within the meaning of that Directive) which has applied for approval in accordance with Article 13 of that Directive and which conforms with the requirements of Annex C to that Directive.

    (2) The Department shall withdraw, suspend or restore any approval given under paragraph (1) in accordance with point 3 of Annex C to that Directive.

    (3) For the purposes of Article 11 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC, the Department shall approve any semen collection centre or embryo collection team which has applied to the Department for approval in accordance with Article 11 of that Directive and which meets the conditions applicable to it in respect of approval and the performance of its duties as required by Article 11 of and Annex D to that Directive.

    (4) The tests for Salmonella infections required under Chapter III of Annex II to Council Directive 90/539/EEC shall be carried out by laboratories authorised pursuant to the Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 1994[28]

    (5) The tests for Mycoplasma infections required under Chapter III of Annex II to Council Directive 90/539/EEC shall be carried out by laboratories approved by the Department in accordance with Schedule 4 to these Regulations for the purposes of the Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme.

    (6) The Department may suspend or revoke the approval in accordance with the Schedule.

Inspection and checking at destination
     10. —(1) A veterinary inspector may inspect at all reasonable times, at their place of destination, all animals and animal products imported into Northern Ireland from a member State, so as to ensure that the requirements (including requirements on documentation) of—

(a) the relevant provisions of the instruments listed in Part I of Schedule 2;

(b) any additional requirements specified in Part I of Schedule 2; and

(c) any additional animal health legislation applicable to the import of those animals and animal products into Northern Ireland,

have been complied with.

    (2) Where an inspector has information leading him to suspect that, in relation to any animals or animal products imported from a member State, there has been an infringement of any of the instruments listed in Part I of Schedule 2, any additional requirements specified in that Part of that Schedule and any additional animal health legislation applicable to the import of those animals or animal products into Northern Ireland, he shall have the power to inspect anywhere and at any time those animals or animal products as well as any accompanying documentation.

Duties on consignees
     11. —(1) A person shall not accept a consignment of animals or animal products (other than registered horses accompanied by identification documentation provided for by Council Directive 90/427/EEC) unless the importer or consignee has given to the local Divisional Veterinary Office of the Department for the place of destination of the consignment at least 24 hours written notice in advance of the nature of the consignment, its anticipated date of arrival and the address of the place of destination.

    (2) A consignee shall retain all documentation sent to him with any consignment in accordance with these Regulations for 12 months from the date of delivery to him of the consignment.

Assembly centres and slaughterhouses
     12. —(1) Any person operating an assembly centre shall do so in accordance with this regulation.

    (2) The assembly centre shall be approved by the Department and given a number, and approval shall only be given if the Department is satisfied that—

(a) in the case of an assembly centre used for cattle or pigs, the centre complies with the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (d) of Article 11(1) of Council Directive 64/432/EEC;

(b) in the case of an assembly centre used for sheep or goats, the centre complies with the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (d) of Article 8a(1) of Directive 91/68/EEC; and

(c) the operator of the assembly centre has agreed to comply with the requirements for the operation of the centre which the Department has specified in an operational agreement as being the requirements the Department believes are necessary to ensure the centre is capable of being operated in accordance with the second indent of Article 3(2) of Council Directive 90/425/EEC.

    (3) The operator of an assembly centre shall admit to those premises only animals that are identified and come from herds or flocks that are eligible for intra-Community trade.

    (4) Where animals are consigned to an approved assembly centre, the operator of the assembly centre shall—

(a) ensure that no animal is admitted unless it complies with Article 3(1) of Council Directive 90/425/EEC; and

(b) record on a register—


(i) the name of the owner, the origin, date of entry and exit, number of the animals, and their proposed destination;

(ii) the registration number of the transporter and the licence number of the vehicle delivering or collecting animals from the centre;

(iii) in the case of cattle, the identification of the animals or the registration number of the holding of origin as well as the information in paragraphs (i) and (ii);

(iv) in the case of pigs, the registration number of the holding of origin or of the herd of origin as well as the information in paragraphs (i) and (ii); and

(v) in the case of sheep or goats, the identification of the animals, or the registration number of the holding of origin of the animals, and, where applicable, the approval or registration number of any assembly centre through which the animals have passed prior to entering the centre as well as the information in paragraphs (i) and (ii),

Illegal consignments
     13. —(1) If the Department knows of or suspects the presence of agents responsible for a disease referred to in Schedule 3 or of a zoonosis, any other disease or any cause likely to constitute a serious hazard to public or animal health in an animal or animal product imported from a member State, or that an animal or animal product has come from a region contaminated by an epizootic disease, it may serve a notice in accordance with paragraph (2) on the person appearing to be in charge of those animals or animal products.

    (2) The notice shall require that person—

(a) immediately to detain the imported animal product, imported animal or any animal which has been in contact with such imported animal (and, in the case of detained animals, whether imported or animals which have been in contact with imported animals, keep them isolated from other animals), at such place as may be specified in the notice, and to take such further action in relation to such animals or animal products as may be so specified in the notice, for the purpose of preventing the introduction or spreading of disease or any phenomenon liable to present a serious threat to public or animal health into or within Northern Ireland;

(b) in the case of an animal, without delay, to slaughter it, or slaughter and destroy it, in accordance with such conditions as may be specified in the notice; or

(c) in the case of an animal product, destroy it in accordance with such conditions as may be specified in the notice.

    (3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (4), if the Department knows or suspects that an animal or animal product does not comply with the provisions of Article 3 of Council Directive 90/425/EEC, it may, if animal health and welfare considerations so permit, by notice in writing give the consignor or his representative or the person appearing to it to have charge of that animal or product the choice of—

(a) where the cause of non-compliance is the presence in an animal of residues in excess of that permitted under Regulation 9 and Schedule 2 to the Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998[29], maintaining the animal under supervision until the residue levels fall to the levels permitted by the legislation and, in the event of the residue levels not falling to the permitted levels, requiring him to take whatever action is specified in that legislation; or

(b) slaughtering the animal or destroying the animal product in accordance with such conditions as may be specified in the notice; or

(c) returning the animal or animal product to the member State of despatch, with the authorisation of the competent authority of that member State and with prior notification to any member State of transit.

    (4) If the consignment fails to comply with the relevant provisions of Council Directive 90/425/EEC, any Directive listed in Schedule 2 or of any other legislation regulating imports of animals or animal products into Northern Ireland only by reason of absence of or an irregularity in required consignment documentation, the Department shall not cause the animals or animal products to be returned to the country of despatch without first giving the consignor, his representative or the person appearing to it to have charge of those animals or animal products a notice requiring him to produce the required consignment documentation within 7 days and to detain the animal or animal product in accordance with such conditions as may be specified in the notice.

    (5) In the event of a notice under this regulation not being complied with, an inspector may seize or cause to be seized any animal or animal product to which that notice relates, and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be complied with.

Importation
     15. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall not import any animal directly from a place outside the European Communities.

    (2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prevent the import of any animals specified in Schedule 1 to the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977[30] at a place permitted under that Order.

    (3) A person shall not import any animal which originated outside the European Communities from a member State, Great Britain, any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man either for transport to a place in Northern Ireland or for re-export to another member State unless—

(a) all the checks required under Council Directive 91/496/EEC have been carried out in relation to those animals at a border inspection post and they are accompanied by the certificate of examination and the authenticated copy of the original health certificate issued at the border inspection post under Article 7(1) of that Directive; or

(b) in the case of animals specified in Schedule 1 to the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977, the conditions of that Order have been complied with.

    (4) A person shall not import any animal which originated outside the European Communities from a member State, Great Britain, any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for re-export outside the European Community either directly or indirectly unless such transit has been previously authorised in writing by the Department and the conditions in Article 9 of Council Directive 91/496/EEC have been complied with.

    (5) A person shall not import from a member State, Great Britain, any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man any animal or captive bird to which—

(a) an instrument in Schedule 6 applies unless it complies with the relevant provisions of that instrument and any additional requirements specified in that part; and

(b) in accordance with the provisions of any additional animal health requirements of legislation regulating imports into Northern Ireland.

    (6) In relation to imports of captive birds, this regulation as read with paragraph 3 of Part I and paragraph 6 of Part II of Schedule 6 shall not apply to permit the import of such birds until 1st January 2007.

    (7) If an animal is imported for slaughter, it must be taken directly to a slaughterhouse and slaughtered without delay. If it is not so slaughtered, an inspector may by notice served on the importer, his representative or person in charge of the animal require the animal to be slaughtered within such period and at such place as may be specified in the notice.

    (8) In the event of a notice under paragraph (7) not being complied with an inspector may seize or may cause to be seized any animal to which it relates and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be complied with.

    (9) A person in charge of an animal that has been imported for immediate re-export, either directly or indirectly, outside the European Community shall comply with Article 4, second indent, of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 282/2004.

Import procedure for a captive bird
     16. —(1) A person shall not import a captive bird into Northern Ireland unless—

(a) he has given notice of his intention to do so in accordance with Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 282/2004;

(b) all the checks required under Council Directive 91/496/EEC have been carried out in relation to that captive bird at a border inspection post and it is accompanied by the certificate of examination and the authenticated copy of the original health certificate issued at the border inspection post under Article 7(1) of that Directive; and

(c) it is accompanied by the original animal health certificate issued in accordance with Article 2(2) of Commission Decision 2000/666 EC.

    (2) The importer or his agent shall at the expense of the importer ensure that—

(a) the captive bird is conveyed from the border inspection post referred to in paragraph (1) to an approved quarantine centre or approved quarantine facility as provided for in Articles 2(4) and 3(1) and (2) of Commission Decision 2000/666/EC; and

(b) the captive bird is placed and remains in quarantine at that approved quarantine centre or approved quarantine facility in accordance with Articles 3(3) and (5), 4, 5 and 6 of Commission Decision 2000/666/EC and regulation 17.

    (3) Without prejudice to regulation 17(7), a person shall not remove a captive bird from a border inspection post or a quarantine centre unless the common veterinary entry document has been completed in accordance with Article 3(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 282/2004 indicating that all necessary veterinary checks have been carried out to the satisfaction of an inspector.

    (4) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the person in charge of a captive bird imported from a third country shall ensure that it is conveyed to its place of destination without delay and that the original of the common veterinary entry document accompanies it to its place of destination in accordance with Article 3(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 282/2004.

    (5) A person shall not remove any bird from Customs temporary storage arrangements—

(a) unless the common veterinary entry document has been produced in accordance with Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 282/2004 to an officer of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise and the removal has been authorised by that officer;

(b) to any place other than the place of destination specified in the common veterinary entry document, unless he has been required to remove it to another place by means of a notice served on him by an inspector.

    (6) Where a check at a border inspection post involves the taking of a sample for testing and the test result is not immediately available, a veterinary inspector may, by notice served on the owner or the person appearing to him to be in charge of a captive bird, permit the owner or person so served to move the captive bird from the border inspection post, and require that owner or person to keep the captive bird in accordance with such conditions as may be specified in the notice until the test results are available; and if the test reveals that the captive bird does not comply with the provisions of Article 5 of Council Directive 91/496/EEC then the provisions of regulation 13 shall apply.

    (7) In the event of a notice served under paragraph (6) not being complied with an inspector may seize any captive bird to which it relates, and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be complied with.

Quarantine for captive birds
     17. —(1) The provisions of Part I of Schedule 7 have effect in relation to approvals for quarantine centres and quarantine facilities pursuant to Commission Decision 2000/666/EC.

    (2) The quarantine manager shall ensure that the specific requirements for the quarantine of captive birds described in Part III of Schedule 7 are met.

    (3) The importer of a captive bird shall meet the costs of sampling undertaken during the captive bird's quarantine and shall pay the charges of the official laboratory for testing and analysis of samples (including the post mortem removal of tissue for testing) required under Articles 4(1), (3), (4) and (5) or undertaken in connection with reaching a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci referred to in Article 5 of Commission Decision 2000/666/EC as that laboratory may demand in writing in accordance with paragraphs (4) and, as the case may be, (5) of this regulation.

    (4) For the purposes of testing and analysis of samples described in paragraph (3), the Agri-food and Biosciences Institute is designated the official laboratory and may make a charge for carrying out such testing and analysis.

    (5) A demand for payment of charges made by the Agri-food and Biosciences Institute under this regulation may be addressed to the importer concerned at his last known address, whether or not it is his address for business.

    (6) A person may not enter a quarantine centre or a quarantine facility unless—

(a) he wears protective clothing and footwear; and

(b) he meets at least one of the following criteria—


(i) he is a member of staff at that quarantine centre or quarantine facility;

(ii) he has been authorised so to enter by the Department or by a veterinary inspector; or

(iii) he otherwise does so in fulfilment of a statutory function relating to animal health, animal welfare or species conservation which he is appointed by the Department to perform.

    (7) A person shall not remove a live captive bird from a quarantine centre or quarantine facility unless an inspector has authorised the removal.

    (8) A person shall not remove or dispose of a carcase of a captive bird which dies in quarantine unless an inspector has authorised the removal or disposal.

    (9) In so far as not provided for under regulation 29, an inspector in the case of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), and a veterinary inspector in the case of sub-paragraph (c) shall have powers in relation to the quarantine of captive birds to—

(a) enter a quarantine centre or quarantine facility to check compliance with these Regulations or with an approval granted under this regulation and Schedule 7, or to assess whether it is appropriate to grant such an approval;

(b) inspect and arrange for copies of any documents or records (including those in electronic form) which he reasonably considers relevant for checking compliance as described in sub-paragraph (a); and

(c) take such samples and carry out such inspections of a quarantine centre or quarantine facility and its equipment, and such clinical veterinary examinations, as are required under Commission Decision 2000/666/EC.

    (10) An inspector exercising powers under paragraph (9) shall produce, if required to do so, some duly authenticated document showing his authority to exercise those powers.

    (11) "Quarantine manager" means the person in charge of a quarantine centre or quarantine facility for which approval is required under the Decision.

Payment of fees
     18. An inspector shall not authorise the release of animals from a quarantine centre unless he is satisfied that all veterinary checks for which a charge is made have been paid, and that, where relevant, a deposit covering any cost provided for in Article 9(1)(a), 9(2), the second and third indents of Article 10(1), Article 10(6) and Article 12(2) of Council Directive 91/496/EEC has been lodged.

Consignments constituting a danger to health
     19. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where checks at a quarantine centre or quarantine facility or the test results referred to in regulation 16(6) reveal that an animal or a consignment of animals is likely to constitute a danger to animal or human health, the Department shall immediately seize and destroy the animal or consignment (as the case may be) and the costs of such action shall be payable by the importer or his representative.

    (2) Where the presence of avian influenza or Newcastle disease is found at a quarantine centre or quarantine facility as described in Article 4(4) of Commission Decision 2000/666/EC, an inspector shall—

(a) kill and destroy all birds within the quarantine facility or at the unit at the quarantine centre where disease has been found, as required under Article 4(4)(a) of Commission Decision 2000/666/EC; and

(b) by notice impose the other measures provided for in Article 4(4),

except that in relation to Newcastle disease, he may instead serve notice specifying the terms on which the derogation in Article 4(5) is to be exercised.

    (3) Where during quarantine required under Commission Decision 2000/666/EC psittaciformes are suspected or found to be suffering Chlamydia psittaci, an inspector shall by notice—

(a) require the treatment of all birds in the consignment by means specified in that notice; and

(b) extend the period of quarantine as required under Article 5 of Commission Decision 2000/666/EC.

    (4) An inspector serving a notice under paragraphs (2) and (3) shall serve it upon the quarantine manager or other person appearing to be in charge of the centre or facility at the time of service; and shall as soon as he practically can send a copy by way of information to the importer of the birds concerned.

Illegal imports
     20. —(1) If any animal is imported from outside the European Communities in contravention of regulation 15(1), the Department may, by notice in writing, require the person appearing to it to be in charge of the animal to detain and isolate that animal in accordance with the notice and in that case the following provisions shall have effect.

    (2) The Department shall cause to be carried out an examination by a veterinary inspector of the animal to which a notice under paragraph (1) relates and, following that examination, shall by means of a further notice served on the person appearing to it to be in charge of the animal, the consignor or his representative—

(a) require the animal to be brought to the place specified in the notice;

(b) require the animal to be slaughtered or slaughtered and destroyed;

(c) require the animal to be re-despatched outside the territory of the European Communities, where animal health or welfare considerations so permit, within such period as may be specified in the notice; or

(d) revoke the notice given under paragraph (1).

    (3) In the event of a notice under paragraphs (1) and (2) not being complied with, an inspector may seize the animal to which it relates or cause it to be seized and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be complied with.

Application of regulations 7 to 13
     21. Regulations 7 to 13 shall apply in relation to animals imported into Northern Ireland from any place inside the European Communities, which originated outside those Communities and in respect of which all the checks provided for in Council Directive 91/496/EEC have first been carried out in accordance with that Directive as those regulations apply to animals to which Part II applies.

Arrival at the place of destination
     22. —(1) On arrival at their place of destination, elephants and animals of the order Artiodactyla (and their crossbreeds) that are for breeding, production or fattening, or that are intended for zoos, amusement parks or hunting or wildlife reserves, shall be detained at the premises by the person having control of those premises for at least 30 days and he shall not release them until authorised in writing by an authorised officer of the Department.

    (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of animals being dispatched directly to a slaughterhouse.

    (3) Animals of species to which paragraph (1) does not apply that are for breeding or production shall be detained at the place of destination by the person having control of those premises, and he shall not release them unless authorised in writing by an authorised officer of the Department.

Post-import controls
     23. —(1) Where a veterinary inspector knows or suspects that —

(a) in the case of any animal, the import conditions of any instrument listed in Schedule 6, requirements for the quarantine of any animals, any additional requirements specified in relation thereto in that Schedule or any additional animal health legislation regulating the import of such animals into Northern Ireland have not been complied with; or

(b) in the case of any animal there is doubt as to its identity,

he may carry out any veterinary checks on that animal which he deems appropriate.

    (2) If the checks carried out under paragraph (1) confirm that import conditions referred to in that paragraph were not complied with in the case of any animal then the provisions of regulation 20 shall apply and, in the case of the exercise of a power to isolate the animal, a veterinary inspector may additionally require the placing in quarantine or isolation of other animals which have been in contact with the imported animal.

    (3) In this regulation "premises" includes any place, installation, road, or rail vehicle, ship, vessel, boat, craft, hovercraft or aircraft.

Recovery of expenses
     30. The consignor, his representative or the person in charge of any animals or animal product shall be liable for the reasonably incurred expenses of the Department or an inspector arising from any action taken by it or him under these Regulations in relation to that animal or animal product, but shall be entitled, after the deduction of expenses, to the proceeds of any sale of that animal or animal product.

Obstruction
     31. —(1) A person shall not—

(a) intentionally obstruct any person acting in the execution of these Regulations;

(b) without reasonable cause, fail to give to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require of him for the purposes of his functions under these Regulations; or

(c) furnish to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations any information which he knows to be false or misleading.

    (2) Nothing in paragraph (1)(b) shall be construed as requiring any person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him.

Penalties
     32. —(1) A person contravening any provision of these Regulations other than those listed in paragraph (2), or any notice served under them shall be guilty of an offence.

    (2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are those contained in—

(a) regulation 17(3);

(b) paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 3; and

(c) paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 4.

    (3) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 31(1)(a) or (b) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

    (4) A person guilty of any other offence under these Regulations shall be liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or to both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

Disapplication of provisions
     33. The provisions of any instrument listed in column 2 of Schedule 8 shall not apply to imports from a member State of animals and animal products to which a Directive or other measure referred to in Part I of Schedule 2 applies, or to imports of an animal to which a Directive or other measure referred to in Schedule 6 applies from the country subject to that Directive or other measure, to the extent specified in column 3 of the table given in Schedule 8.

Revocations
     34. The Regulations specified in Schedule 9 (in so far as they apply), are revoked as set out in that Schedule.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on


5th October 2006

L.S.

Liam McKibben
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development


Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on


5th October 2006

L.S.

Jack Layberry
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

(a) The official health certificate accompanying all cattle imported into Northern Ireland from Spain must contain the statement: "Live cattle in accordance with Commission Decision 90/208/EEC on contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia".

(b) The official health certificate accompanying all cattle imported into Northern Ireland from Portugal must contain the statement: "Live cattle in accordance with Commission Decision 91/52/EEC on contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia".

(c) The official health certificate accompanying all swine imported into Northern Ireland from any other member State except Austria, the Republic of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Sweden and those parts of France specified in Commission Decisions amending Decision 2001/618/EC must contain the statement: "Pigs in accordance with Commission Decision 2001/618/EC concerning Aujeszky's disease[31]".

(d) Exports of cattle from Northern Ireland to the countries listed in Annexes I and II of Commission Decision 2004/558/EC (O.J. No. L249, 23.7.2004, p. 20)—


(i) must meet the additional guarantees laid down in Article 2(1), Article 2(2)(b)(i) or Article 2(2)(c)(for exports to Germany), and (for exports to Denmark, Italy, Austria, Finland and Sweden) Article 3(1) of that Decision; and

(ii) in relation to the certification accompanying such exports—


(aa) for bovine animals exported to Germany, in point 4 of Section C of the health certificate set out in Model 1 of Annex F to Directive 64/432/EEC, after the first indent, "IBR" must be entered, and after the second indent the additional guarantees of Article 2 which are met by the cattle must be specified as follows: "Article 2(1), [or] Article 2(2)(b)(i) [or] Article 2(2)(c) [as the case may be] of Commission Decision 2004/558/EC"; and

(bb) for bovine animals exported to Denmark, Austria, Finland, Sweden and the province of Bolzano in Italy, in point 4 of Section C of the health certificate set out in Model 1 of Annex F to Directive 64/432/EEC, after the first indent, "IBR" must be entered, and after the second indent "Article 3 of Commission Decision 2004/558/EC" must be entered.



(e) In accordance with Commission Decision 2003/514/EC concerning health protection measures against African swine fever in Sardinia, Italy (O.J. No. L178, 17.7.2003, p. 28), the importation into Northern Ireland from the Italian region of Sardinia of animals of the suidae family is prohibited.

(f) The official health certificate accompanying swine imported into Northern Ireland from Italy must contain the statement "Animals in accordance with Commission Decision 2005/779/EC[32] concerning animal health protection measures against swine vesicular disease in Italy".

(a) The requirements of Articles 4(1), 4(2) and 8 shall not apply in respect of the export to or the import from the Republic of Ireland of any equidae, or the export to or the import from France of a registered horse accompanied by an identification document provided for in Council Directive 90/427/EEC.

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, the derogation permitted under Article 7(2) shall not apply in relation to equidae brought into Northern Ireland.

(a) The official health certification accompanying breeding poultry exported from Northern Ireland to Finland or Sweden must contain the statement that they have been tested for salmonella with negative results in accordance with Commission Decision 2003/644/EC of 8 September 2003.

(b) The official health certification accompanying day-old chicks exported from Northern Ireland to Finland or Sweden must contain the statement that they come from flocks which have been tested for salmonella with negative results in accordance with Commission Decision 2003/644/EC of 8 September 2003.

(c) The official health certification accompanying laying hens exported from Northern Ireland to Finland or Sweden must contain the statement that they have been tested for salmonella with negative results in accordance with Commission Decision 2004/235/EC of 11 March 2004.

(d) The official health certification accompanying poultry for slaughter exported from Northern Ireland to Finland or Sweden must contain the statement that they have undergone microbiological testing with negative results in accordance with Council Decision 95/410/EC of 22 June 1995.

(e) The official health certification accompanying poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks imported into Northern Ireland from Italy shall include the words "The animal health conditions of this consignment are in accordance with Commission Decision 2005/926/EC"[33].

(f) In the case of hatching eggs from a protection zone established under Commission Decision 2006/115/EC which are—


(i) exported from such a protection zone in Northern Ireland to another member State, or

(ii) imported from such a protection zone in another member State into Northern Ireland pursuant to the derogation in Article 7 of Commission Decision 2006/115/EC, the official health certification required to accompany hatching eggs under Article 17 of Council Directive 90/539/EEC in the form of Model 1 of Annex IV to that Directive shall contain a statement in the following terms:

"This consignment complies with the animal health conditions laid down in Commission Decision 2006/115/EC."

(a) Only uncastrated rams for breeding which have been tested for contagious epididimytis (Brucella ovis) in accordance with Article 6(c) or Council Directive 91/68/EEC may be imported into Northern Ireland.

(b) The official health certification accompanying all sheep and goats for fattening and breeding imported into Northern Ireland must confirm that the animals are eligible for entry into an officially brucellosis free ovine or caprine holding in accordance with Annex A, Chapter 1, point D of Council Directive 91/68/EEC.

(a) The importation into Northern Ireland of lagomorphs which cannot be shown to have been born on the holding of origin and kept in captivity since birth is prohibited except in accordance with the provisions of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977[35]. Lagomorphs born on the holding of origin and kept in captivity since birth must be accompanied on importation by an official health certificate confirming that status and that the holding of origin has been free from rabies for at least one month.

(b) Animals (other than carnivores, primates, bats and lagomorphs) born on the holding of origin and kept in captivity since birth must be accompanied on importation by a certificate completed by the exporter confirming that status and that the animals do not show any obvious signs of disease at the time of export, and that the premises of origin are not subject to any animal health restrictions.

(a) He shall give a written undertaking to the Department stating that—


(i) in the case of cattle or pigs, Council Directive 64/432/EEC[36], and in particular the provisions laid down in Article 12 of that Directive and the provisions of that Directive relating to the appropriate documentation that must accompany the animals; and

(ii) in the case of sheep or goats, Council Directive 91/68/EEC[37], and in particular the provisions laid down in Article 8c of that Directive and the provisions of that Directive relating to the appropriate documentation that must accompany the animals; and



(b) the transport of animals shall be entrusted to staff who possess the necessary ability, professional competence and knowledge.

(a) it is satisfied, following an inspection by a veterinary inspector directly employed by the Department, that—


(i) the establishment meets the requirements regarding facilities in Chapter II of Annex II to the Directive; and

(ii) the operator of the establishment will comply, and ensure that the establishment complies, with the requirements of point 1 of Chapter I of Annex II to the Directive; and



(b) the operator of the establishment, having been notified that the Department is satisfied that the requirements in sub-paragraph (a) are met and has paid the registration fee, which includes the first year membership fee, as set out in Part II and Part III of this Schedule.

     4. The disease surveillance programme referred to in paragraph (b) of point 1 of Chapter I of Annex II to the Directive shall consist of the disease surveillance measures specified in Chapter III of Annex II to the Directive, together with any additional testing requirements that a veterinary inspector notifies in writing to an establishment as being requirements that he believes are necessary to avoid the spreading of contagious disease through intra-Community trade, taking into account the particular circumstances at that establishment.

     5. On acceptance of membership to the Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme the Department shall issue the establishment's membership certificate which shall include the establishment's membership number.

     6. The operator of an establishment that is a member of the Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme shall pay the annual membership fee each year and shall pay any re-inspection fee when it becomes due.

     7. In order to ensure that operators and their establishments continue to meet the requirements for membership of the Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme, and generally to ensure compliance with the Directive, an Authorised Veterinary Inspector (AVI) shall carry out an annual inspection of the establishment, and any supplementary audit inspections to meet the requirements of Chapter I of Annex II to the Directive, will be carried out by a veterinary inspector directly employed by the Department. The number of supplementary audit inspections to be carried out each year shall be determined by the Department.

     8. Without prejudice to any action which may be taken under paragraph 9, where, at the annual veterinary inspection of an operator's establishment, that operator or his establishment do not appear to the Department to meet the requirements either for membership of the Scheme or of the Directive, a veterinary inspector directly employed by the Department shall carry out such additional inspections ("re-inspections") as the Department considers necessary to ensure compliance on the part of that operator and his establishment with those requirements. In which case a re-inspection fee shall—

(a) be charged for each such re-inspection; and

(b) become due upon the receipt by the operator concerned of an invoice for that fee.

     9. The Department—

(a) shall suspend, revoke or restore membership in accordance with Chapter IV of Annex II to the Directive (references to "withdrawal" in that Chapter shall be read as references to "revocation" for the purposes of this paragraph);

(b) may suspend or revoke membership if—


(i) an establishment is in breach of any of the requirements regarding facilities in Chapter II of Annex II to the Directive;

(ii) the operator or the establishment is in breach of any of the requirements in point 1 of Chapter I of Annex II to the Directive;

(iii) if ownership or control of an establishment changes; or

(iv) if the operator has not paid the registration fee, the annual membership fee or if a re-inspection fee remains unpaid 30 days after becoming due.

(a) determine the registration fee on the basis of the cost of inspection by a Departmental veterinary inspector and associated administrative costs; and

(b) publish the current registration fee on the website of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development[39].

     2. The registration fee shall be payable to the Department in respect of each establishment for which an application is made and shall be non-refundable.

(a) All pre-export tests of registered horses from Kyrgyzstan and registered equidae and equidae for breeding and production imported from Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, ex-Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation and the Ukraine must be carried out as follows: for vesicular stomatitis at the Institute of Animal Health, Pirbright, the National Veterinary Institute, Czech Republic or at the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Budapest, Hungary; the mandatory tests for infectious anaemia, dourine and glanders and, if necessary, the test for equine viral arteritis at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, the National Veterinary Institute, Czech Republic, or the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Budapest, Hungary;

(b) The test results must be attached to the health certificate accompanying the imported equidae.

[2] 1972 c 68back

[3] 1973 c.51back

[4] S.I. 2004 No. 3327 (N.I.23)back

[5] O.J. No.L278, 31.10.2000, p.26back

[6] O.J. No. L73, Special Edition, 27.3.1972back

[7] O.J. No. L1, 3.1.94, p. 1back

[8] O.J. No. C241, 29.8.94, p. 21as amended by O.J. No. L 12, 1.1.95, p. 1back

[9] O.J. No. L236, 23.9.03, p. 33back

[10] 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)back

[11] O.J. No. L278, 31.10.2000, p. 26back

[12] O.J. No. L48, 18.2.2006, p. 48back

[13] O.J. No. L103, 12.4.2006, p. 29back

[14] O.J. No. L49, 19.2.2004, p.11back

[15] O.J. No. P 121, 29.7.64, p.1977: but see O.J. No. L109, 25.4.97, p.1 in which is published Council Directive 97/12/EC amending and updating Directive 64/432/EEC which substantially substituted new textback

[16] O.J. No. L224, 18.8.90, p.55back

[17] O.J. No. L303, 30.10.90, p.6back

[18] O.J. No. L46, 19.2.91, p.1back

[19] O.J. No. L46, 19.2.91, p.19back

[20] O.J. No. L224, 18.8.90, p.29back

[21] O.J. No. L146, 13.6.2003, p.1back

[22] O.J. No. L355, 1.12.2004, p.14back

[23] O.J. No. L194, 26. 7. 2005, p.4back

[24] O.J. No. L139, 30.4.2004, p. 206, a corrigendum to which has been published in O.J. No. L226, 25.06.2004, p. 83back

[25] O.J. No. L224, 18.8.90, p.29back

[26] O.J. No. L268, 24.9.91, p.56back

[27] S.R. 1997 No. 346 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 326 and S.R. 1999 No. 380back

[28] S.R. 1994 No. 118, as amended by S.R. 2000 No. 110back

[29] S.R. 1998 No. 237back

[30] S.R.1977 No. 113 as amended by S.R. 1977 No. 256, S.R. 1994 No. 402, S.R .2000 No. 10 and S.R. 2006 No. 275back

[31] O.J. No. L16, 25.1.93, p. 18back

[32] O.J. No. L293, 9.11.2005, p. 28back

[33] O.J. No. L337, 22.12.2005, p. 60back

[34] A corrigendum has been published in O.J. No. L226, 25.6.2004, p. 128back

[35] S.R. 1977 No. 113 a amended by S.R.1977 No. 256, S.R. 1994 No. 402, S.R. 2000 No. 10, S.R. 2005 No. 275 and as disapplied in column 3 of the table given in Schedule 8 of these Regulationsback

[36] O.J. No. L109, 25.4.97, p.1, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 2back

[37] O.J. No. L46, 19.2.91, p.19, as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in paragraph 9 of Part I of Schedule 2back

[38] O.J. No. L303, 30.10.90, P.6 as amended by and as read with the provisions listed in para. 6 of Part I of Schedule 2back

[39] www.dardni.gov.uk back

[40] A corrigendum has been published, the reference for which is O.J. No. L226, 25.6.2004, p. 128back