The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011

Removal from the border control post

Supervision and monitoring consignments

Re-importation of animals and products

Importation of animals or products constituting a risk to animal or public health

Review of decisions by an appointed person

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• (1) Any person aggrieved by a decision made under these Regulations, other than any decision referred to in regulations 20 or 23, may request a review of that decision by a person appointed by the Secretary of State (“the appointed person”).

• (2) Within 21 days of the appointment of the appointed person, written representations may be made by the aggrieved person to the appointed person.

• (3) The appointed person must consider any written representations made when reviewing the disputed decision and must report in writing to the Secretary of State within 21 days from the expiry of the period in paragraph (2) with a recommended course of action resulting from the review.

• (4) The Secretary of State must consider the report of the appointed person and promptly notify the owner of the outcome of the review and provide a copy of the report of the appointed person.

• (5) A review, or right of review, does not affect the obligation on the designated authority to take prompt action to eliminate or contain the risks to human or animal health.

Obstruction

Exchange of information

Fees

Offences

Offences by bodies corporate

Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations

Penalties

Review

Revocations

Ship supply

Case 3: Research and diagnostic samples

Case 4: Consignments cleared in a member State

Case 7: Invertebrate animals intended for scientific purposes

• (1) Relevant animals intended for scientific purposes such as research, educational activities or research related to product development activities are exempt from official controls at border control posts, other than controls carried out in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014, provided that—

• (a) they comply with all requisite animal health requirements;

• (b) they have been authorised by the Secretary of State;

• (c) when the activities relating to the scientific purposes have been carried out, they and any products derived from them, with the exception of any portions used for the scientific purposes, must be disposed of or re-dispatched to the third country of origin.

• (1A) In this paragraph, “relevant animals” means—

• (a) animals listed in Schedule 2 to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and

• (b) invertebrate animals.

• (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to zebra fish, aquatic molluscs belonging to the phylum Mollusca or aquatic crustaceans belonging to the subphylum Crustacea.

• (3) The reference to educational activities in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to—

• (a) vertebrate animals; or

• (b) honey bees (Apis mellifera) or bumble bees (Bombusspp).

Pet animals

Destination outside Great Britain

Exclusions , derogations and modifications

Admission of products into warehouses in compliance with Customs procedures and storage procedures

Special import conditions

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• (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations impose special import conditions in respect of imports from third countries of products of animal origin intended for human consumption, having regard to the animal health situation of the third country or countries concerned, and may for that purpose amend, modify or revoke any assimilated direct minor legislation made under Article 8(4) of Council Directive 2002/99/EC.

• (2) Regulations made under this paragraph are to be made by statutory instrument.

• (3) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this paragraph is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

• (4) Regulations made under this paragraph may—

• (a) contain consequential, incidental, supplementary, transitional, transitory or saving provision;

• (b) make different provision for different purposes.

Charges for veterinary checks from New Zealand

Case 4: Consignments cleared in Great Britain

SCHEDULE 5 — Application of, derogations from, and modifications to, Part 3 in relation to territories subject to special transitional import arrangements

PART 1 — Introductory

Application

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This Schedule applies to products and live animals that originate from—

• (a) a territory subject to special transitional import arrangements; or

• (b) a third country other than a territory subject to special transitional import arrangements where, before importation into England, the products or live animals concerned—

• (i) have been presented to a member State border control post recognised by the Secretary of State;

• (ii) are accompanied by a CHED which has been completed to the satisfaction of the relevant authority; and

• (iii) have been pre-notified.

Interpretation

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For the purposes of this Schedule—

• “pre-notified” means notified using the appropriate computerised information management system;

• “relevant goods” mean products and live animals falling within paragraph 1;

• “territory subject to special transitional import arrangements” means—an EU member State;the Faroe Islands;Greenland;Iceland;Liechtenstein;Norway;Switzerland;

• “working day” means a day other than Saturday or Sunday which is not Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.

Application of, derogations from, and modifications to, Part 3 of these Regulations

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The provisions of Part 3 of these Regulations apply to relevant goods with the derogations and modifications specified in Part 2 of this Schedule.

PART 2 — Derogations from, and modifications to, Part 3 of these Regulations

Derogation from regulation 13: place of importation

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• (1) Regulation 13 applies to relevant goods as if for that regulation there were substituted—

(13) (1) From 30th April 2024, and subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), no product may be brought into England from a third country otherwise than through a point of entry for which a border control post is designated for the relevant category of product. (2) Live animals coming from a relevant third country may continue to enter England through any point of entry. (3) Relevant goods (other than live animals) coming from the Republic of Ireland— (a) which fall within the description in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 5, or (b) fall within the description in paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 5 and have been cleared for free circulation under Union customs legislation, may enter England either through a border control post designated in relation to the particular category of product included in the consignment or through Heysham.

Derogation from regulation 14: timing of notification of importation

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• (1) From 30th April 2024, subject to the derogation specified in sub-paragraphs (3C) and (3D), regulation 14(1) to (4) applies to relevant goods, as if—

• (a) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words from “notify through” to “border control post”, in the second place where it occurs, there were substituted “notify the competent authority in relation to England of the expected date of arrival of the consignment in England”;

• (b) in sub-paragraph (3), after “made”, there were inserted “through the appropriate computerised information management system”;

• (c) in sub-paragraph (4), in the opening words, after “another” there were inserted “or from any point of entry to a border control post,

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3C) In relation to relevant goods entering England from the Republic of Ireland on or after 31st January 2024, the requirement that the goods be pre-notified before entry does not apply where the condition in sub-paragraph (3D) is met.

• (3D) The condition is that the goods are qualifying Northern Ireland goods that, in the course of passing from Northern Ireland into England, have passed through the Republic of Ireland and have not passed through any other country or territory.

• (4) For the purposes of this paragraph—

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) “qualifying Northern Ireland goods” has the meaning given to it from time to time in regulations made under section 8C(6) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

Derogation from regulation 15: procedure on importation

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• (1) Regulation 15 does not apply to relevant goods but—

• (a) from 30th April 2024—

• (i) any identity and physical checks carried out on products must take place at a border control post;

• (ii) subject to the requirements of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97, official controls in relation to live animals may take place at the destination indicated in the importation document accompanying the animals;

• (aa) the checks referred to in paragraph (a) must be carried out on a risk or random basis and at the appropriate frequency rate;

• (ab) the operator responsible for a consignment of products must ensure that the consignment is presented for official controls at a reasonable time during the working day;

• (ac) the competent authority, having carried out a documentary check and any necessary identity and physical checks on the consignment, may issue a CHED permitting entry;

• (ad) where there are no legislative requirements relating to the consignment, the competent authority may issue a CHED where the importation of the consignment is authorised in accordance with the procedure specified in regulation 15(5) to (7);

• (b) from 1st January 2021, relevant goods consisting of—

• (i) live animals or germinal products may not be imported into England unless they are accompanied by the appropriate health certificate for third country imports, in the form published by the Secretary of State from time to time;

• (ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (ba) from 31st January 2024—

• (i) relevant goods consisting of products of animal origin may not be imported into Great Britain at any place in England unless they are accompanied by—

• (aa) the appropriate health certificate for third country imports in the form published by the Secretary of State from time to time; or

• (bb) where they meet the conditions in sub-paragraph (1A) or are listed in sub-paragraph (1B), relevant commercial documents which at least identify the premises of origin and destination and contain a description of the product and the quantity of the product; and

• (ii) relevant goods consisting of animal by-products or derived products may not be imported into Great Britain at any place in England unless they are accompanied by—

• (aa) in the case of goods listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 6 which are stated in the health certificate to be intended for the use (or use of a kind) mentioned in relation to those goods in column 2 of that table, the appropriate health certificate for third country imports in the form published by the Secretary of State from time to time; or

• (bb) in any other case, relevant commercial documents which at least identify the premises of origin and destination and contain a description of the product and the quantity of the product.

• (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (1A) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(ba)(i)(bb) are that they—

• (a) are shelf-stable at ambient temperature;

• (b) are securely packaged or sealed in clean containers; and

• (c) are not one of the following categories of goods—

• (i) infant formula;

• (ii) follow-on formula;

• (iii) baby food;

• (iv) food for special medical purposes;

• (v) beeswax;

• (vi) pollen;

• (vii) propolis;

• (viii) royal jelly; or

• (ix) products derived from live bivalve molluscs, live echinoderms, live tunicates and live marine gastropods.

• (1B) The products referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(ba)(i)(bb) are—

• (a) composite products listed in a document published by the Secretary of State under Article 3(1)(a) of Commission Decision 2007/275 or referred to in Article 4 of that Decision, except for products listed in sub-paragraph (1A)(c)(i) to (iv) and (ix);

• (b) dairy products or colostrum-based products that have been subject to a heat treatment referred to in point 2(1) of Chapter 2, Section 9 of Annex 3 to Regulation 853/2004, except for fresh milk and the products listed in sub-paragraph (1A)(c)(i) to (iv);

• (c) fresh fishery products or prepared fishery products that are—

• (i) from wild freshwater or seawater animals of species other than of the Scombridae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Coryfenidae, Pomatomidae,or Scombresosidaefamilies, and

• (ii) either not live or non-viable;

• (d) gelatine;

• (e) collagen;

• (f) highly refined products of animal origin;

• (g) honey;

• (h) rendered animal fat;

• (i) greaves.

• (2) The documents described in sub-paragraph (1)(b) and (ba) ... must accompany the consignment of the relevant goods concerned to its place of destination.

• (3) in in this paragraph—

• (za) “appropriate frequency rate” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of Annex 6 to the Official Controls Regulation;

• (a) “colostrum-based product” has the meaning given in point 2 of Section 9 of Annex 3 to Regulation 853/2004;

• (b) “collagen”, “dairy product”, “fishery product”, “fresh fishery products”, “gelatine” “greaves”, “prepared fishery products” and “rendered animal fat” have the meanings given in Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) 853/2004;

• (c) “highly refined products of animal origin” means the products listed in point 1 of Section 16 of Annex 3 to Regulation 853/2004;

• (d) “infant formula”, “follow-on formula”, “baby food” and “food for special medical purposes” have the meanings given in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control;

• (e) “non-viable” means they would no longer be able to survive as living animals if returned to the environment from which they were obtained;

• (f) Regulation 853/2004 means Regulation (EC) 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin;

• (g) “shelf-stable at ambient temperature” means they are not required to be transported or stored at controlled temperatures.

Derogation from regulation 19(a): unchecked consignments

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Regulation 19 applies as if for that regulation there were substituted—

(19) (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), an enforcement authority may seize any consignment of relevant goods brought into England from a relevant third country otherwise than— (a) through a point of entry for which a border control post is designated for the category of product included in the consignment; or (b) where the goods fall within the description in regulation 13(3)(a) or (b), as modified by paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 5, either through a point of entry mentioned in paragraph (a) or through Heysham. (2) An enforcement authority may seize any consignment which is removed from a point of entry into England without a CHED or without authorisation by the competent authority. (3) An enforcement authority may seize any consignment which is transported from a point of entry in England to a destination other than that specified in the CHED. (4) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to consignments of live animals.

Modification of regulation 20: action following failure of checks or seizure – products

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• (1) Regulation 20 applies as if—

• (a) for paragraph (1) there were substituted—

(1) This regulation applies, subject to paragraphs (1A) and (1B), in relation to any consignment of a product if any checks carried out show that the consignment does not comply with— (a) the requirements of these Regulations, as they have effect subject to the transitional modifications specified in Schedule 5; or (b) the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of the Official Controls Regulation. (1A) This paragraph applies where— (a) there is non-compliance with the rules referred to in paragraph (1); and (b) the official veterinary surgeon or the official fish inspector (as appropriate) considers that the non-compliance is minor and technical and does not pose a risk to human, animal or plant health, or to the environment. (1B) Where paragraph (1A) applies, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply as if for “must” there were substituted “may”.

Modification of regulation 23: action following failure of checks or seizure – animals

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Regulation 23 applies as if, in paragraph (1)—

• (a) for “the checks at a border control post” there were substituted “checks”;

• (b) after “Official Controls Regulation” there were inserted “or, in the case of relevant goods, does not comply with the provisions of Schedule 5,

Derogation from regulation 27: re-importation of animals and products

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• (1) Regulation 27 does not apply in the circumstances described in sub-paragraph (2).

• (2) Products and live animals that originate from England and which have been rejected from entering the European Union at a European Union border control post are not required to re-enter England through an English border control post if—

• (a) in the case of products and live animals that are not high risk, notification of the re-entry has been given to the Secretary of State or the Food Standards Agency;

• (b) in the case of products and live animals that are high risk, the re-entry has been authorised in writing by the Secretary of State or the Food Standard Agency before the re-entry is to take place.

• (3) In this paragraph, “high risk” means the products or live animals are suspected of constituting a serious risk to human or animal health or animal welfare.

PART 3 — Additional rules in relation to relevant goods consisting of live animals

Live animals

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• (1) This paragraph applies in relation to relevant goods consisting of live animals.

• (2) The live animals must remain under restricted movement at the place of destination indicated in the health certificate until the completed and signed health certificate has been uploaded to the appropriate computerised information management system.

• (3) The person responsible for the transportation of the live animals to the place of destination must be in possession of the appropriate authorisation in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005.

Case 7: Relevant animals intended for scientific purposes

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SCHEDULE 6 — Transitional import arrangements: animal by-products and derived products requiring a health certificate on importation

Column 1Description of Product	Column 2Intended use in Great Britain
Animal by-products	The manufacture of petfood other than raw petfood
Animal by-products	The manufacture of derived products for uses outside the feed chain
Apiculture by-products	Apiculture
Untreated blood and blood products from equidae	Other than as feed material
Untreated blood products, еxcluding those from equidae	For the manufacture of derived products for uses outside the feed chain for farmed animals
Blood products	Feed material
Collagen	Feed material
Colostrum and colostrum products from bovine animals	Feed material
Dicalcium phosphate	Feed material
Dog chews	For pet animals
Egg products	Feed material
Fat derivatives	Feed material
Flavouring innards	Manufacture of petfood
Fish oil	Feed material
Untreated game trophies or other preparations from birds and ungulates consisting of entire anatomical parts	Other than as feed material
Gelatine	Feed material
Hydrolysed protein	Feed material
Milk, milk-based products and milk-derived products	Feed material
Pig bristles	Any lawful use
Processed animal protein	Feed material, other than petfood
Processed animal protein other than those derived from farmed insects, including mixtures and products other than petfood containing such protein	Other than as feed material
Raw petfood	Petfood
Rendered fats	Feed material
Trade samples	Trade samples
Tricalcium phosphate	Feed material
Untreated hides and skins of ungulates	Any lawful use

Case 8: low risk goods exempted from routine checks at border control posts under Article 48(1) and (2)(h) of the Official Controls Regulation

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Low risk goods exempted from routine identity and physical checks at border control posts under Article 48(1) and (2)(h) of the Official Controls Regulation, in accordance with conditions specified by regulation 10 of the Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024.