# The Approved Country Lists (Animals and Animal Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021, Introduction: Introductory text


Animals
Food
Made at 11.00 a.m. on 16th December 2021
Laid before Parliament at 2.30 p.m. on 16th December 2021
Coming into force 17th December 2021
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by regulation 7 of the Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Legislative Functions) and Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with the requirements of that regulation, the Secretary of State has obtained the consent of the appropriate authority.
An assessment of the risk to animal or public health in the United Kingdom arising in respect of live poultry, hatching eggs (including specified pathogen-free eggs), day-old chicks and poultry products has been approved by the Secretary of State and the appropriate authority, taking into account the animal health criteria, the public health criteria and the matters specified in regulation 7(2). This has been carried out in accordance with regulation 7(1), and the Secretary of State is satisfied that the amendments made by these Regulations are necessary or appropriate in the light of that assessment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1454/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/approved-country-lists-animals-and-animal-products-amendment-no-2-regulations-2021/introduction
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