The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Commission Decision 2000/428/EC establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for the evaluation of the results of laboratory tests for the confirmation and differential diagnosis of swine vesicular disease

6.—(1) Commission Decision 2000/428/EC establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for the evaluation of the results of laboratory tests for the confirmation and differential diagnosis of swine vesicular disease is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers and (in the Northern Ireland) the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs,”;

(b) for paragraph 2 substitute—

“(2) The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Surrey, GU24 ONF may apply modifications to the laboratory tests referred to in the Manual annexed to this Decision or use different tests, provided that an equal sensitivity and specificity can be demonstrated. The sensitivity and specificity of these modified or different tests must be evaluated in the framework of the periodic comparative tests;”;

(c) after paragraph 2, insert—

“3.   For the purposes of this Decision—

(a) “the appropriate Minister” means—

(i) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(ii) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

(iii) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(iv) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(b) “the competent authority” means the appropriate Minister for the relevant constituent part of the United Kingdom;

(c) “EU-derived domestic legislation” has the same meaning as in section 2(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.”.

(3) Omit Article 3.

(4) In the Annex—

(a) in Chapter 2, in both places it occurs, for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate Minister”;

(b) in Chapter 3—

(i) at paragraph 5, for “Community” substitute “EU-derived domestic”,

(ii) for paragraph 7 substitute—

“7.   Before shipment of samples, the laboratory at the Pirbright Institute must be informed of the details of the date and expected time of arrival by email to [e-mail].

Parcels must be addressed to: The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 ONF.

The following information must also be included on the label: ‘Animal pathological material of no commercial value. Perishable. Fragile. To be collected by addressee. Not to be opened outside the laboratory’.

Should air freight be necessary, collection of consignments at Heathrow or Gatwick airport to be made by personnel from the Institute. Transportation of samples must be in accordance with the instructions laid down by the Institute.”;

(c) omit paragraph 8;

(d) in Chapter 5, in paragraph 1—

(i) in point (c), omit “other”;

(ii) for the words after point (c) substitute—

“blood samples must be collected for serological testing from pigs.”;

(e) in Chapter 6—

(i) in paragraph 2(c), in the first and second indents, for “intra-Community trade” substitute “export ”;

(ii) in the proviso after paragraph 6(c), in the first and second indents, for “intra-Community trade” substitute “export”;

(f) in Chapter 8, in section C, in paragraph 1, in the first subparagraph—

(i) for “Community reference” substitute “National reference”;

(ii) omit “in the Community”.