Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (“the 2013 Regulations”) and the Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”).

Regulation 2(2) authorises the disposal of animal by-product materials referred to in Article 19(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, but provides that it shall not apply to material originating from fish belonging to the family Salmonidae.

Regulation 2(3) amends a cross-reference in the 2013 Regulations.

Regulation 2(4) amends the small quantities provision in regulation 32 of the 2013 Regulations in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/9. In consequence, Regulation 2(5) amends Schedule 1 to the 2013 Regulations, which sets out those animal by-product requirements the breach of which is an offence under regulation 18 of the 2013 Regulations.

Regulation 3 amends the 2005 Regulations in order to update legislative references.

A business and regulatory impact assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from the Scottish Government Directorate for Agriculture, Food and Rural Communities, Animal Health and Welfare Division, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh EH11 3XD.