Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made: 17th February 1998

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

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Part I — Introduction

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Part II — Enforcement

District councils

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Powers to give directions

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Powers of authorised officers

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Returns

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Notification of decisions

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Part III — Intra-Community Trade

Application of Part III

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Exports

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Registration of certain establishments which produce, process or store products of animal origin

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Notification of certain establishments which supply or store products of animal origin

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Inspection and checking of imports

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Removal of documents

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Duties of consignees

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Consignments posing a risk to health and illegal consignments

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Repeated irregularities in exports

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Defence

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Part IV — Imports from Third Countries

Application of Part IV

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Places of import

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Import procedure

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Import procedure on fishery products or live bivalve molluscs and other shellfish

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Free zones and free warehouses

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Transhipment under customs control

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Consignments posing a risk to health and illegal consignments

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Part V — Third Country Trade in Aquaculture Products

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Part VI — Charges

Interpretation

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Payment of charges

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Calculation of charges

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European Currency Unit

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Liability for charges

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Release of products

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Information relating to charging

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Review

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Part VII — Health Threats in Other Countries

Serious threats to health in other countries

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Part VIII — Offences and Penalties

Obstruction

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Penalties

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Protection of officers acting in good faith

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Part IX — Miscellaneous

Disapplications

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Consequential amendments

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Amendments

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SCHEDULE 2 — Regulations relevant to intra-Community trade

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SCHEDULE 3 — Directives to be complied with for intra-Community trade (Products of animal origin are listed in alphabetical order)

Aquaculture animals and products

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Egg products

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Fishery products

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Fresh meat

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Fresh poultry meat

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Live bivalve molluscs and other shellfish

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Meat products

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Minced meat and meat preparations

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Products not subject to the animal health and public health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(1) to Directive 89/662

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Rabbit meat and farmed game meat

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Raw milk, heat treated milk and milk based products

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Wild game meat

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SCHEDULE 4 — Cost factors for the calculation of charges

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SCHEDULE 5 — Charges relating to imports of certain categories of meat

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SCHEDULE 6 — Charges relating to imports of certain categories of fishery products

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SCHEDULE 7 — Charges relating to imports from specified countries

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The charge shall be ECU 1·5 per tonne for each consignment.

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There shall be a minimum charge of ECU 30 per consignment.

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There shall be a maximum charge of ECU 350 per consignment except where the real costs are greater than this sum in which case the charge shall be ECU 1·5 per tonne without any maximum charge per consignment.

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“Consignment” means a quantity of products of the same type, covered by the same health certificate or document, conveyed by the same means of transport, consigned by a single consignee and originating from the same country or part of such country.

SCHEDULE 8

Part I — Disapplication of Provisions

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Number	Title	Extent
S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1962 No. 62	Importation of Hay, Straw and Grass Meal Order (Northern Ireland) 1962	Article 6
S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1963 No. 178	Diseases of Animals (Unlawful Importations) Order (Northern Ireland) 1963	Article 6
S.I. 1975/1834 (N.I. 17)	Artificial Reproduction of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1975	Article 6(1)
S.R. 1991 No. 475	Imported Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991	The whole Regulations except Regulations 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11 and 17 and Schedules 1 to 11.

Part II — Disapplication of provisions for intra-Community trade

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Number	Title	Extent
1967 c. 7 (N.I.)	Diseases of Fish Act (Northern Ireland) 1967	Section 3
S.R. 1973 No. 392	Risk of Infection (Oysters) Order (Northern Ireland) 1973	The whole Order
S.R. 1982 No. 99	Lobsters (Risk of Infection) Order (Northern Ireland) 1982	The whole Order
S.R. 1991 No. 458	Risk of Infection (Fish) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991	The whole Order

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on

R. S. Johnston — Assistant Secretary — 17th February 1998.

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1972/1811

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68

[^f00003]: O.J. No. L395, 30.12.89, p. 13

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L373, 31.12.90, p. 1

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L46, 12.2.91, p. 1

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L302, 19.10.92, p. 1

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L315, 19.11.97, p. 15

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L55, 8.3.71, p. 23

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L302, 31.12.72, p. 28

[^f00010]: O.J. No. L378, 31.12.82, p. 58

[^f00011]: O.J. No. L395, 30.12.89, p. 13

[^f00012]: O.J. No. L224, 18.8.90, p. 29

[^f00013]: O.J. No. L363, 27.12.90, p. 51

[^f00014]: O.J. No. L62, 15.3.93, p. 49

[^f00015]: O.J. No. L373, 31.12.90, p. 1

[^f00016]: O.J. No. L268, 24.9.91, p. 15

[^f00017]: O.J. No. L268, 14.9.92, p. 35

[^f00018]: O.J. No. L57, 26.2.97, p. 4, articles 10 and 11 of which are applied on a provisional basis by the exchange of letters set out in Council Decision 97/131/EC (O.J. No. L57, 26.2.97, p. 1)

[^f00019]: O.J. No. L121, 16.5.91, p. 11 as amended

[^f00020]: Commission Regulation (EC) No. 3300/93 (O.J. No. L296, 1.12.93, p. 52)

[^f00021]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00022]: S.R. 1997 No. 379

[^f00023]: S.R. 1993 No. 192

[^f00024]: 1968 c. 67

[^f00025]: O.J. No. L47, 21.2.80, p.4; relevant amending instruments are Council Directive 80/1100/EEC, (O.J. No. L325, 1.2.80, p. 17), Council Directive 87/491/EEC (O.J. No. L279, 2.10.87, p. 27) and Council Directive 88/660/EEC (O.J. No. L382, 31.12.88, p. 35)

[^f00026]: Under Article 7 of Council Directive 85/73/EEC (as amended and consolidated by Council Directive 96/43/EEC (O.J. No. L162, 1.7.96, p. 1), for the year 1998 the rate of conversion into national currencies of the ECU is the average of the conversion rates published on the first working day of September in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Communities for the preceding three years. This is the rate for sterling calculated in that way.

[^f00027]: S.R. 1993 No. 304

[^f00028]: S.R. 1993 No. 303

Editorial notes

[^key-61a64fda5e15320258b8900b03a0337d]: Regulations revoked (1.1.2012) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/438), regs. 1, 42(1)(a) (with reg. 3) [Editorial note: No historical revised versions have been created for amendments to this S.R. made prior to its final revocation. A revised version of how the S.R. stood at its first commencement is available and, to see the document content as it originally stood when it was made, select the 'Original (As Made)' version from the left-hand menu. For further details of the amendments see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources' above]

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