The Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

The Veterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

3.—(1) The Veterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1—

(a) in the heading, for “and commencement” substitute “, commencement and extent”;

(b) at the end insert—

“(3) Regulation 3 extends to Great Britain.”.

(3) In regulation 3—

(a) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) For regulation 4(1) substitute—

“(1) No person may place a veterinary medicinal product on the market unless the Secretary of State has—

(a) as regards a product to which Schedule 1B applies, issued a QNIG certificate in respect of that product;

(b) otherwise, granted a marketing authorisation in respect of that product.”.”;

(b) in paragraph (9), in the inserted sub-paragraph (2A)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “national pharmacopoeia of the United Kingdom” substitute “British Pharmacopoeia”;

(iii) in paragraph (d), for “exit day” substitute “IP completion day”;

(c) omit paragraph (13)(c);

(d) omit paragraph (14);

(e) in paragraph (36)—

(i) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) in that sub-paragraph—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(ii) omit paragraphs (b) and (c);”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), in the inserted sub-paragraph (2), after “does not apply” insert “where the exporting country has demonstrated equivalent standards to the United Kingdom or”.

(4) In regulation 6—

(a) omit paragraph (3);

(b) in paragraph (4)(b), in the substituted first paragraph, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(c) in paragraph (5)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (b), in the substituted paragraph 1, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (d);

(d) in paragraph (6), in the substituted text, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(e) in paragraph (8), in the substituted Article 11, for “appropriate authority”, in both places it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”;

(f) in paragraph (9), for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(g) in paragraph (14)(a), for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(h) in paragraph (17), in the substituted Article 21, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/676.