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The Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (revoked)

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2007 No. 357 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
14 August 2007
In force from
14 August 2007
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Agriculture, plant health, food production and rural affairs
Made under
European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations implement, for Northern Ireland, Commission Decision 2007/554/EC concerning protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom. They regulate— a the dispatch of live animals (regulation 3); b the dispatch of meat from bovine, ovine caprine and porcine animals (regulation 4); c the dispatch of meat products, milk and dairy products (regulations 5, 6 and 7); d the dispatch of semen, ova or embryos of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates (regulation 8); e the dispatch of hides and skins (regulation 9); and f the dispatch of various other animal products (regulation 10). They provide powers for enforcement (regulations 13 and 14 ) and create offences of obstruction and provision of false or misleading information (regulations 15 and 16). Breach of the Regulations is an offence, punishable— a on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (currently £5,000) 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.

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