The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011

UK Statutory Instrument 2011 No. 1197 — creates 1 criminal offence.

Made

27 April 2011

In force from

25 May 2011

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Agriculture, plant health, food production and rural affairs

Made under

Finance Act 1973, In accordance with section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973, Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, Schedule 2 to, the 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 revoke and replace the eight sets of Regulations specified in regulation 44. 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 1. As before, the Secretary of State is empowered (in Part 4) to prohibit importation into England of any animal or product in the event of a disease outbreak outside the United Kingdom. The Regulations are enforced by the Secretary of State, port health authorities, local authorities and the United Kingdom Border Agency 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 new impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

Offences created by this instrument

• Breach of the following provisions is an offence— Provision Description of the offence regulation 5(1) Consigning an… regulation 39 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

• Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Lords · Grand Committee · 27 February 2019 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Gardiner of Kimble) (Con)

  My Lords, I shall speak also to the instrument grouped with these regulations—the Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019—as I think it will be helpful to noble Lords, given the close connection between the two. The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 amend provisions related to imports, and transit through the EU, of: live animals, including horses; animal products, including meat; reproductive material used for animal breeding, such as semen, ova and embryos; and the non-commercial movement of…

• Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Lords · Grand Committee · 2 December 2020 · Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP) [V]

  My Lords, I thank the Minister for his outline of this very complex and rather packed schedule for the hour, and it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering. I will do my best not to repeat any of her questions, because I will cover some similar ground. I will start where she left off, with the Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. The Minister in his introduction—and the Government right through this whole process—stressed that this is a straight transfer over. But, like the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, I have…

• Pet Travel Commons · Westminster Hall · 2 December 2021 · Mrs Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall) (Con)

  I beg to move, That this House has considered pet travel. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ali, and I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing this important debate. I declare an interest: I am co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on cats. I thank Cats Protection for its assistance in acting as secretariat to the APPG and its help in so many cat matters. I would also note that I own—if that is the right term when it comes to cats—two cats, Milly and Louie. Neither plans to travel, especially Milly, as she does not travel well and sings all the way.…

• Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill Commons · Commons Chamber · 15 March 2024 · Selaine Saxby

  I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I hope that the Minister can provide guidance on that at the end of the debate. The Bill will ban the import of puppies and kittens under six months and dogs and cats that are mutilated or heavily pregnant. It will also address the abuse of non-commercial rules that compromise animal welfare and biosecurity by making it more difficult and less profitable for traders to fraudulently import animals for sale under the disguise of owners travelling with their pets. The Bill also addresses the issue of commercial imports being disguised as…

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