The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 1241

Exiting The European Union, England

Animals, England

The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Sift requirements satisfied

13th November 2018

Made

26th November 2018

Laid before Parliament

27th November 2018

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(1).

The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 and come into force on exit day.

Amendments to the Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) Regulations 2006

2.—(1) The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) Regulations 2006(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 6, omit “and other member States”.

(3) In Part 3, in the heading, omit “Community”.

(4) In regulation 10—

(a) in the heading, for “Community” substitute “Experts involved in”;

(b) in the words before paragraph (a), omit “to be carried out by Commission experts pursuant to Article 45”.

(5) Omit regulation 12.

(6) In regulation 14(1)(d), omit “or 12”.

(7) In regulation 17(1)(c), for “, 10 or 12” substitute “or 10”.

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Parliamentary under Secretary of State

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

26th November 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of powers conferred by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under paragraphs (a), (d) and (g) of section 8(2)) arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.

These Regulations make amendments to the Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3472).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1)

2018 c. 16.

(2)

S.I. 2006/3472, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.