The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
In accordance with paragraph 8F(1) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
(2)
These Regulations come into force immediately before IP completion day.
The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (EU Exit) Regulations 20182.
(1)
(2)
In regulation 1—
(a)
for the heading, substitute “Citation, commencement and extent”;
(b)
number the existing provision as paragraph (1);
(c)
“(2)
Part 2 of these Regulations extends to England and Wales and Scotland.”.
(3)
In regulation 4—
(a)
in paragraph (2)(a)(ii), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;
(b)
in paragraph (3)—
(i)
“(i)
for “the Community”, in the first two places it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;”;
(ii)
“(i)
for “the Community”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;”;
(iii)
in subparagraph (g), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;
(iv)
“(h)
in paragraph 13, for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;”;
(v)
in subparagraph (i), in the inserted text, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;
(c)
“(a)
in paragraph 1, for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;”;
(d)
“(i)
for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;”;
(e)
in paragraph (7)—
(i)
“(a)
in paragraph 1, for “Member States shall make available to the public and to the Commission,” substitute “The Secretary of State must prepare and publish,”;”;
(ii)
in subparagraph (b), in the substituted text, for the words from “2020” to the end substitute “2022”.
(4)
In regulation 5—
(a)
in paragraphs (4), (6) and (9), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;
(b)
“(b)
in the notes for guidance, in the note for box 5, for “the EU” substitute “Great Britain”.”.
(5)
In regulation 6—
(a)
in paragraph (5)(a), in the substituted text, for “in the United” substitute “by the United”;
(b)
in paragraph (7)(c), in the substituted text, for “exit” substitute “IP completion”;
(c)
in paragraph (14), in the substituted text, for “2021” substitute “2022”.
(6)
In regulation 7(7)(a)(iv), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(1) and 8C(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16).
Regulation 2 amends the Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 for the purposes of implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol (that is, the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement), accounting for amendments to retained direct EU legislation that have been adopted at the EU level after those Regulations were made and correcting a minor error at regulation 6(5)(a).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, public or voluntary sector is foreseen.