S.I. No. 304/2016 - European Communities (Import of Personal Consignments of Products of Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Import of Personal Consignments of Products of Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

2. The European Communities (Import of Personal Consignments of Products of Animal Origin) Regulations 2012 (

S.I. No. 374 of 2012

) are amended by the insertion, after Regulation 4, of-

“5.(1) Where an authorised officer, in exercise of the powers conferred on him or her by

section 38

of the

Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013

, seizes and detains an animal product, the officer may destroy or dispose of the animal product or cause it to be destroyed or disposed of.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 June 2016.

MICHAEL CREED,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Regulation gives effect to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 206/2009, in relation to destruction or disposal of animal products.

1 O.J. L77, 24.3.2009, p. 1–19

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

14

th June

, 2016.

I, MICHAEL CREED, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving full effect to Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 of 5 March 2009

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, hereby make the following Regulations