PART 1Introduction

Title, application and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011; they apply in England and come into force on 25th May 2011.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“animal” means an animal of any kind, including a bird, fish or invertebrate;

“enforcement authority” has the meaning given in regulation 31;

“genetic material” means hatching eggs and animal semen, ova or embryos;

“product” means a product listed in Annex I to Commission Decision 2007/275/EC (concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC(1)) and, in addition, hay and straw.

(2) All references in Schedule 1 to European Union instruments are references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

Exceptions for pet animals

3.—(1) These Regulations do not apply in relation to pets accompanied by and under the responsibility of a natural person, where—

(a)the movement is not the subject of a commercial transaction; and

(b)(in the case of cats, dogs and ferrets) not more than five animals are travelling with the person.

(2) In this regulation “pet” means any animal of a species listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 998/2003 (on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals(2)).

International agreements

4.  Trade with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland under any agreement between those countries and the European Union is treated as trade between member States for the purposes of these Regulations.