The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

PART 1 Introduction

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations—

(a) may be cited as the Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; and

(b) come into force on exit day.

(2) In these Regulations, “the Invasive Alien Species Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No. 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species.

Extent

2.—(1) The following regulations do not extend to Scotland—

(a) regulations 4 to 10, except so far as those regulations amend—

(i) any provision of the Invasive Alien Species Regulation which applies in relation to—

(aa) controls on imports into, and exports from, the European Union; or

(bb) the Union list referred to in Article 4(1) of the Invasive Alien Species Regulation (so far as relevant for the purpose of any provision referred to in sub-paragraph (aa)); or

(ii) any other provision of that Regulation so far as it applies in relation to—

(aa) the offshore marine area; or

(bb) any provision mentioned in paragraph (i);

(b) regulation 12(b) to (d).

(2) Regulations 3 and 12(a) do not extend to Northern Ireland.