The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2011 No. 438 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

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Made: 21 December 2011
In force from: 1 January 2012
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Agriculture, plant health, food production and rural affairs
Made under: Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

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These Regulations revoke and replace the Regulations specified in regulation 42. They establish a system for trade between member States in live animals and genetic material (Part 2) and for the importation of live animals, genetic material and products of animal origin from outside the European Union (Part 3). The European Union legislation required to be complied with before animals or goods can be released from control at the port of importation (the “border inspection post”) is listed in Schedule 2. As before, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is empowered (in Part 4) to prohibit importation into Northern Ireland of any animal or product in the event of a disease outbreak outside the United Kingdom. The Regulations are enforced by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Agency and the district council in the circumstances set out in regulation 32. The Regulations establish various offences, punishable on summary conviction to a fine up to the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to an unlimited fine (or in the case of disclosure relating to customs information imprisonment for up to three months) A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

Offences created by this instrument

A person contravening any of the provisions of these Regulations specified in Schedule 1 shall be guilty of an offence regulation 39 · Status not determined · Strict liability

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Draft Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Commons · General Committees · 13 May 2019 · David Rutley
It is, as always, a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Roger. The statutory instruments relate to buyer security in Northern Ireland, and have been grouped to facilitate efficient scrutiny and ensure that we have a fully operable statute book on exit day. The Committee might wonder why the instruments have not already been debated. To clarify, they were initially submitted in December 2018, but we needed to ensure that the policies we have developed for Great Britain worked in Northern Ireland’s unique circumstances. On 13 March 2019, the UK Government confirmed their policy to…
Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Lords · Lords Chamber · 13 May 2019 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Gardiner of Kimble) (Con)
My Lords, these instruments relate to biosecurity in Northern Ireland. Given their interconnection and for the convenience of your Lordships, they have been grouped together to enable co-ordinated scrutiny. They relate to trade in animals and related products, plant health, seeds and potatoes, and extend to Northern Ireland only. The first two instruments, relating to trade and plant health, are among a small number of measures that have been made under the urgent procedure. Due to the importance of having them in place for exit—initially, 29 March and then 12 April—the timeframe did not…
Draft Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Commons · General Committees · 13 May 2019 · David Rutley
I thank hon. Members for their contributions and questions. The hon. Member for Ipswich has been consistent in his concerns about the sheer number of SIs but, as I have explained previously, DEFRA in particular is significantly affected by a potential no-deal scenario, and as a responsible Government we have needed to look at and plan for every eventuality. I am grateful to hon. Members in this Committee, many of whom—I am thinking in particular of the Opposition Whip, the hon. Member for Bristol West—have sat through many other SIs with great fortitude and interest in these important…

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