F1Article 1
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F3The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) specify, in a document published for the purposes of this point—
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the relevant third countries who may submit relevant plans to the appropriate authority;
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the relevant animals and animal products for which those relevant plans are approved.
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In paragraph 1—
“relevant third country” means the third countries listed in the table set out in the Annex;
“relevant animals and animal products” means the animals and animal products set out in the table in the Annex;
“relevant plans” means the plans provided for in Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC or under the correlating provisions of, or under, Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
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F5In this Decision, “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:
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in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
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in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.
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In this Decision, “third country” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.