The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Wales) (No. 14) Regulations 2001

• · the export of semen, ova or embryos of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates (regulation 10), hides and skins (regulation 11) and various animal products (regulation 12)

• · the export of equidae (regulation 16).

They create an offence of offering to export anything which it is prohibited to export under the Regulations (regulation 17).

They provide powers for enforcement, and powers for officers of HM Customs and Excise (regulations 18, 19, 20 and 21) and create an offence of obstruction (regulation 23).

Breach of the Regulations is an offence. In the case of obstruction, the maximum penalty on summary conviction is a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both. A person guilty of any other offence under these Regulations is liable

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

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

The Regulations are enforced by the Secretary of State or the local authority (regulation 28).

A regulatory appraisal has not been prepared for these Regulations.

These Regulations come into force on 20th December 2001 at 5.p.m. and apply until midnight on 28th February 2002.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1999/2788.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: OJ No. L277, 20.10.2001, p. 30.

[^f00004]: OJ No. L337, 20.12.2001, p.39.

[^f00005]: S.I. 2000/1673.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1996/3124.

[^f00007]: 1980 c. 66.

[^f00008]: OJ No. L26, 31.1.1977, p. 85 as last amended by Directive 92/45/EEC (OJ No. L268, 14.9.1992, p. 35).

[^f00009]: OJ No. L268, 14.9.92, p.1 as last amended by Council Directive 94/71/EC (OJ No. L368, 31.12.94, p. 33).

[^f00010]: S.I. 1995/539 as amended by S. I. 1995/3189, S. I. 2000/2215, S. I. 2001/1512, S. I. 2001/1739 and S. I. 2001/1771

[^f00011]: S.I. 1983/1950 as amended by S.I. 1993/3119, S.I. 1995/2922 and, as regards Wales, by S.I.s 2001/572 (W. 26), 2001/658 (W. 33), 2001/968 (W. 46), 2001/1033 (W.47) (itself amended by S.I. 2001/1234 (W. 67)), 2001/1406 (W. 93), 2001/1509 (W.106), 2001/1874 (W. 134), 2001/2236 (W. 162), 2001/2813 (W.242), 2001/2981 (W.248), 2001/3145 (W.260), 2001/3706 (W.303) and 2001/ 4009 (W.335).

[^f00012]: OJ No. L368, 31.12.94, p. 10.

[^f00013]: OJ No. 121, 27.9.1964, p.2012/64; Directive updated by Directive 91/497/EEC (OJ No. L268, 24.9.1991, p. 69) as last amended by Directive 95/23/EC (OJ No. L243, 11.10.1995, p. 7).

[^f00014]: OJ No. L268, 24.09.1991 p. 41 as last amended by Council Directive 1994/65/EC (OJ No. L368, 31.12.1994 p. 10).

[^f00015]: OJ No. L268, 14.9.1992, p. 33 as last amended by Council Directive 97/79/EC, (OJ No. L24, 30.1.1998, p. 31).

[^f00016]: OJ L268, 14.9.1992, p.35.

[^f00017]: OJ No. L104, 13.4.2001, p. 6.

[^f00018]: OJ No. L47, 21.2.1980, p. 4.

[^f00019]: OJ No. L62, 15.3.1993, p. 49 as last amended by Council Directive 2001/7/EC (OJ No. L2, 5.1.2001, p. 27).

[^f00020]: OJ No. L194, 22.7.1988, p. 10 as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.

[^f00021]: OJ No. L302, 19.10.1989, p.11 as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.

[^f00022]: OJ No. L224, 18.8.1990, p. 62 as last amended by Council Decision 2001/36/EC (OJ No. L13, 19.1.2000, p. 21).

[^f00023]: S.I. 1996/3124.

[^f00024]: OJ No. L224, 18.8.90, p. 42.

[^f00026]: S.I. 2001/3865 (W.318).

[^f00027]: S.I. 2001/3452.

[^f00028]: 1998, c. 38.