The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

CHAPTER 4 Animal Health

Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU

14.—(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States is amended as follows.

(2) For Article 1, substitute—

“This Decision lays down animal health control measures in relation to African swine fever in Great Britain as regards movements of feral pigs and information obligations.

For the purposes of this Decision “appropriate authority” means—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(c) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.”.

(3) Omit Articles 2 to 14.

(4) In Article 15—

(a) omit paragraphs 1 and 2;

(b) for paragraph 3 substitute—

“3.   The appropriate authority must prohibit the export of live feral pigs..”.

(5) In Article 15a—

(a) in the heading, omit “of the Member States”;

(b) omit paragraph 1;

(c) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “All Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”;

(ii) in the second subgraph, omit “the areas listed in the Annex to this Decision or from third”;

(d) omit paragraph 3.

(6) Omit Articles 16 to 18

(7) For Article 19 substitute—

“The appropriate authority must amend the measures that it applies to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision and it must give immediate appropriate publicity to the measures adopted.”.

(8) Omit Articles 20 and 22 and the Annex.