The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendments to Title 2, Chapter 2, Section 1 U.K.

5.—(1) In Article 9—

(a) in paragraph 2, for the words from “through the” to “108”, substitute “ by other competent authorities ”;

(b) in paragraph 3(b)—

(i) omit “by the Commission”;

(ii) at the end, insert “ and which take effect as retained direct EU legislation, or, as the case may be, regulations made under those Articles ”;

(c) in paragraph 6—

(i) for point (a) substitute—

“(a) available on the market in Great Britain;”;

(ii) in points (b) and (c), for “the Union” substitute “ Great Britain ”;

(d) in paragraph 7—

(i) for “Member States of destination” substitute “ the competent authority responsible for the constituent territory of destination in Great Britain ”;

(ii) for “another Member State” substitute “ a different constituent territory of the British Islands ”.

(2) In Article 10(3), for the words from “Commission” to “amend” substitute “ appropriate authority may make regulations amending ”.

(3) In Article 11(1)(d), for “referred to in Article 139” substitute “ applicable in relation to breaches of this Regulation ”.

(4) In Article 15—

(a) in paragraph 3, for “the Union” substitute “ Great Britain ”;

(b) in paragraph 4—

(i) for “The Commission may, by means of implementing acts,” substitute “ The appropriate authority may, by regulations, ”;

(ii) omit the words from “Those implementing acts” to the end.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day, see reg. 1