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Importation of Animals Order (S.I. No. 944 of 1977).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
1977
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal health Pests/diseases International trade Authorization/permit Quarantine Inspection Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Order, made under the Diseases of Animals Act 1950, as amended by the Diseases of Animals Act 1975, provides rules relative to importation into Great Britain of all ruminating animals and swine. It prohibits the landing of such animals except under a licence granted by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and Wales, and by the Secretary of State in relation to Scotland. A licence may be general or specific, and may contain conditions designed to prevent animal diseases from being introduced into or spread within Great Britain, and to protect imported animals from unnecessary suffering. A licence is also required for animals on board a vessel which enters a harbour in Great Britain even if the animals are not to be landed. Reception centres and quarantine premises must be approved by licence of the Minister or the Secretary of State. Where disease is found among imported animals, veterinary inspectors may require them to be slaughtered, re-exported or detained subject to such conditions as they may prescribe, and similar powers are given to inspectors in relation to animals in respect of which there has been a breach of the order or of a licence.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amended by

Importation of Animals (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. No. 1760 of 1996).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1996

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, International trade, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2013 (S.S.I No. 173 of 2013).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2013

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Institution, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX