Amendment to the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 20122.

(1)

The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 20124 are amended as follows.

(2)

For regulation 23(3)(b) (re-importation of products) substitute—

“(b)

dispose of any product comprising the consignment in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.”.

(3)

In regulation 33 (offences)—

(a)

immediately after sub-paragraph (c) omit “or”;

(b)

for sub-paragraph (d) substitute—

“(d)

fails to comply with regulation 6(6); or

(e)

without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any of the following provisions—”; and

(c)

in the table—

(i)

omit the entry for regulation 6(6);

(ii)

in the entry for regulation 25(5), for “regulation 25(5)” substitute “regulation 25(4)”; and

(iii)

in the entry for paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 2, for “Keeping records” substitute “Obligations on circus operators”.

(4)

In Schedule 2 (additional requirements in specific cases), in paragraph 5(2), for “keeping of records” substitute “obligations on circus operators”.

(5)

Paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 4 (consequential amendments) is revoked.