The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018

4.—(1) The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) in paragraph (1), omit “EU”, in the first place where it occurs;

(b) in paragraph (2), omit “EU”, in the first and third places where it occurs;

(3) In regulation 3—

(a) in paragraph (1), for the words from “the lists” to “Regulation”, in the second place where it occurs, substitute “Part A of Annex 11, or Annex 12, to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants”;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the definition of “controlled plant pest” substitute—

““controlled plant pest” means a GB quarantine pest, a provisional GB quarantine pest, a PFA quarantine pest or a GB regulated non-quarantine pest;”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (aba).

(4) In regulation 4(6)(a), after “issue” insert “UK”.

(5) In regulation 5A(5), in the definition of “pre-export service”—

(a) omit “to a third country”;

(b) for the “phytosanitary requirements of the third country” substitute “relevant phytosanitary import requirements within the meaning of Article 99a of the Plant Health Regulation”.

(6) In regulation 6—

(a) in paragraph (1), omit the words from “whether” to “Decision,”;

(b) omit paragraph (2).

(7) Omit regulation 6A.

(8) In Schedule 2, in the table, omit the entries in the first, second and third columns relating to Citrus, Mangifera and Passiflora.

(1)

S.I. 2018/289, amended by S.I. 2019/1257, 1488, 2020/9; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.