The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Title and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Meat (Official Controls Charges) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 14th December 2019.

Amendment of the Meat (Official Controls Charges) (England) Regulations 2009

2.  The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (England) Regulations 2009(1) are amended as follows.

3.  In regulation 2 (interpretation), at paragraph (1)—

(a) in the definition “audit”, for “Article 2.6 of Regulation 882/2004” substitute “Article 3 (30) of Regulation 2017/625”;

(b) in the definition “controls”—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “Regulation 854/2004” substitute “Regulation 2017/625, Regulation 2019/624 and Regulation 2019/627”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “Regulation 854/2004” substitute “Regulation 2017/625, Regulation 2019/624 and Regulation 2019/627”;

(c) in the definition “cutting plant”, in sub-paragraph (a), for “Article 31.2 of Regulation 882/2004” substitute “Article 148 of Regulation 2017/625”;

(d) for the definitions paragraph—

““Directive 2004/412”, “Regulation 178/2002”, “Regulation 852/2004”, “Regulation 853/2004”, “Regulation 854/2004”, “Regulation 882/2004”, “Regulation 1688/2005”, “Regulation 2073/2005”, “Regulation 2074/2005”, “Regulation 2075/2005” and “Regulation 2076/2005” have the meanings respectively given to them in Schedule 1;”

substitute—

““Directive 2004/41”, “Regulation 178/2002”, “Regulation 852/2004”, “Regulation 853/2004”, “Regulation 1688/2005”, “Regulation 2073/2005”, “Regulation 2074/2005”, “Regulation 2015/1375”, “Regulation 2017/185”, “Regulation 2017/625”, “Regulation 2019/624” and “Regulation 2019/627” have the meanings respectively given to them in Schedule 1;”;

(e) in the definition “game-handling establishment”, in sub-paragraph (a), for “Article 31.2 of Regulation 882/2004” substitute “Article 148 of Regulation 2017/625”;

(f) in the definition “official auxiliary”, for “Article 2.1(h) of Regulation 854/2004” substitute “Article 3 (49) of Regulation 2017/625”;

(g) in the definition “official controls”, for “Article 2.1 of Regulation 882/2004” substitute “Article 2(1) of Regulation 2017/625”;

(h) in the definition “official veterinarian”, for “Article 2.1(f) of Regulation 854/2004” substitute “Article 3(32) of Regulation 2017/625”;

(i) in the definition “slaughterhouse”, in sub-paragraph (a), for “Article 31.2 of Regulation 882/2004” substitute “Article 148 of Regulation 2017/625”.

4.  For Schedule 1 (definitions of EU legislation), substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

5.  In Schedule 2 (calculation of the official controls charge)—

(a) in paragraph 6—

(i) for “specified in Article 1.1 of Regulation 882/2004” substitute “of Regulation 2017/625”;

(ii) for “Article 3.1” substitute “Article 9(1)”;

(b) in paragraph 11, for “Annex VI to Regulation 882/2004”, substitute “Articles 81 and 82 of Regulation 2017/625”.

Review

6.—(1) The Food Standards Agency must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of the operation and effect of these Regulations;

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c) publish the report.

(2) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provisions made by these Regulations;

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(3) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.

(4) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Jo Churchill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health and Social Care

22nd November 2019