This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of an error in S.I. 2021/136 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 187
Plant Health
The Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
Made
24th February 2021
Laid before Parliament
25th February 2021
Coming into force
immediately before 4th March 2021
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 41(3) and 105(6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants (“the Plant Health Regulation”)(1), and Articles 22(2) and (3) and 144(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products(2) (“the Official Controls Regulation”), makes the following Regulations.
The Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers(3) have consented to the Secretary of State making these Regulations for the purposes of Article 2a(2)(a) of the Plant Health Regulation, and Article 3(2B) of the Official Controls Regulation.
The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with Article 144(7) of the Official Controls Regulation.
EUR 2016/2031 amended by S.I. 2020/1482.
EUR 2017/625, amended by S.I. 2020/1481, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
Article 2a(2) of EUR 2016/2031 contains the definition of “the appropriate authority” as regards the making of regulations and consent from Welsh Ministers and Scottish Ministers.