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The Animal By-Products and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

S.I. 2018/1120 · Made 29 October 2018

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Exiting The European Union, England

Animals, England

Sift requirements satisfied 23rd October 2018

Made 29th October 2018

Laid before Parliament 30th October 2018

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018f1, makes the following Regulations.

The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to that Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2018 c. 16.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, extent and application
  2. 2Amendment to the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013
  3. 3Amendment to the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, extent and application

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Animal By-Products and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 and come into force on exit day.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales but apply in England only.

2Amendment to the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013

In regulation 10 of the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013f1 omit paragraph (6).

3Amendment to the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018

(1)

The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In Schedule 2, for paragraph 9(2) substitute—

“(2)

A laboratory approved under corresponding legislation elsewhere in the United Kingdom is treated as an approved testing laboratory.”.

(3)

In Schedule 7—

(a)

in paragraph 1(1), omit “placed on the member State”;

(b)

in paragraph 3(3), omit paragraph (c);

(c)

in paragraph 4(3)(b)—

(i)

at the end of sub-paragraph (i), insert “or”;

(ii)

at the end of sub-paragraph (ii), for “, or” substitute “.”;

(iii)

omit sub-paragraph (iii).

(4)

In Schedule 8, in paragraphs 1 and 3 omit “to third countries” in both places it occurs.

Signature

Gardiner of Kimble

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

29th October 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16) in order to address failures of retained direct EU legislation to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular paragraphs (a), (d) and (g) of section 8(2)) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

These Regulations amend domestic legislation that provides enforcement of—

(a)

the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies,

(b)

the Animal By-Product Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption, and

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.