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

Commission Decision 2002/106/EC approving a Diagnostic Manual establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for evaluation of the laboratory tests for the confirmation of classical swine fever

7.—(1) Commission Decision 2002/106/EC approving a Diagnostic Manual establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for evaluation of the laboratory tests for the confirmation of classical swine fever is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a) in paragraph 1, in the words before point (a), for “Member States” substitute “The Secretary of State, with the consent of each other authority who in relation to any constituent part of the United Kingdom is the appropriate Minister,”,

(b) for paragraph 2 substitute—

“2.   The United Kingdom National Reference Laboratory 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 comparative periodic 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) the United Kingdom National Reference Laboratory is the laboratory at the Animal and Plant Health Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB.”.

(3) Omit Article 4.

(4) The Annex is amended in accordance with paragraphs (5) to (8).

(5) In Chapter 4, in Section A (guidelines and procedures for clinical examination and sampling on pigs in suspected holdings), in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate Minister”.

(6) In Chapter 5, in Section C (transport of samples), in paragraph 4, omit the words from “to the Community” to “third countries”;

(7) In Chapter 6—

(a) in Section B (virus isolation), in paragraph 5, for the words from “a national” to the end substitute “the United Kingdom National Reference Laboratory or any other laboratory authorised by the Secretary of State, with the consent of each other authority who in relation to any constituent part of the United Kingdom is the appropriate Minister, in accordance with Section E”;

(b) in Section E (genetic typing of classical swine fever virus isolates), in paragraph 2—

(i) omit the first sentence;

(ii) in the second unnumbered paragraph—

(aa) after “laboratories authorised” insert “by the Secretary of State with the consent of the other appropriate Ministers,”;

(bb) for “Community” substitute “National”;

(iii) omit the last unnumbered paragraph;

(8) In Chapter 7, in Section B (recommended serological tests)—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “laboratories” substitute “laboratory”;

(ii) omit the words from “periodically” to the end;

(b) in paragraph 4, for “Community” substitute “National”;

(c) in paragraph 6—

(i) for “laboratories” substitute “laboratory”;

(ii) for “the panel” substitute “a panel”;

(iii) omit “provided by the Community Reference Laboratory”.