PART 2Amendments to EU Exit domestic legislation

CHAPTER 1Amendments to legislation relating to alien and locally absent species in aquaculture

Amendment of the Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 20193

1

Regulation 3 of the Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 20194 is amended as follows.

2

After paragraph (2), insert—

2A

In regulations 6(1)(b) and 8(1), for the words “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

3

After paragraph (3), insert—

4

For regulation 25 substitute—

25

The competent authority may disclose information to—

a

the equivalent authority in Scotland for the purposes of Council Regulation 708/2007, these Regulations, or legislation corresponding to these Regulations in Scotland;

b

the equivalent authority in Northern Ireland for the purposes of Council Regulation 708/2007, as it has effect by virtue of section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 20185, these Regulations, or legislation corresponding to these Regulations in Northern Ireland.