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The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No.5) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Welsh Statutory Instrument 2007 No. 2997 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
18 October 2007
In force from
18 October 2007
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales
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 revoke and re-make with amendments the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No.4) (Wales) Regulations 2007. The principal amendment allows the export of certain ovine and caprine semen and embryos (regulation 10(2)), and introduces new certification requirements for those products. The Regulations implement Commission Decision 2007/663/EC (O.J No. L270, 13.10.2007, p. 21) amending Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom. They regulate— a the importation and dispatch of live animals (regulations 4 and 5); b the export of meat from bovine, ovine caprine and porcine animals and other biungulates, and the sale of meat not eligible for export (regulation 6); c the export of meat products, milk and dairy products (regulations 7, 8 and 9); d the export of semen, ova or embryos of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or other biungulates (regulation 10), hides and skins (regulation 11) and various animal products (regulation 12); and e personal exports (regulation 15). They create an offence of offering to export anything which it is prohibited to export under the Regulations (regulation 16). They provide powers for enforcement, and powers for officers of Revenue and Customs (regulations 17 to 19) and create an offence of obstruction (regulation 20). Breach of the Regulations is an offence, punishable with up to two years' imprisonment. The Regulations are enforced by the Welsh Ministers or the local authority (regulation 25). A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.

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