The Aquatic Animal Health and Plant Health (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 in England

in the case of regulations applying in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

in the case of regulations applying in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

in the case of regulations applying in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

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in the case of regulations applying in relation to Wales, by the Welsh Ministers;

in the case of regulations applying in relation to Scotland, by the Scottish Ministers;

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the relevant criteria specified in paragraphs (3) and (4); and

any assessment carried out which is relevant to the determination of whether a disease is an exotic or non-exotic disease for the purposes of Annex 1A.

the disease is not established in F1Great Britain;

its pathogen is not known to be present in F2Great Britain; and

if introduced into F3Great Britain—

at least two regions which, either individually or taken together, cover territory that is located in more than one constituent F5GB territory, are free of the disease;

the disease—

the disease is difficult to control and contain at farm level or mollusc farming area level without stringent control measures and restrictions on trade;

zones or compartments that are free from the disease can be established and maintained in those regions in a manner that is cost-effective;

there is a risk that the disease would establish itself in those regions if aquaculture animals were placed on the market; and

reliable and simple tests are available to detect the presence of the disease in aquaculture animals susceptible to the disease.

the legislation of the third country;

the way in which the relevant competent authority and its inspection services are organised, the powers of the inspection services, the supervision to which the inspection services are subject and the means at their disposal to apply the legislation effectively;

the requirements in or under the legislation of the third country that are in force in relation to the production, manufacture, handling, storage and dispatch of live aquaculture animals intended for export to F2Great Britain;

the assurances given by the relevant competent authority as to the compliance of the health requirements that apply in the third country with, or their equivalence to, the aquatic animal health requirements in F3Great Britain;

the extent to which exports of live aquaculture animals from the third country have complied with aquatic animal health requirements in F4Great Britain;

the results of any assessment F5made of the relevant competent authority on behalf of the appropriate authority or any report submitted F6to the appropriate authority by the relevant competent authority F7at the request of the appropriate authority on any inspections carried out;

the health status of farmed and wild aquatic animals in the third country, including any exotic animal diseases and any aspects of the animal health situation in that country in general which might pose a risk to aquatic animal health in F8Great Britain;

the regularity, speed and accuracy with which the third country has supplied information on the existence of infectious or contagious aquatic animal diseases in its territory, and in particular, the notifiable diseases listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health; and

the rules on the prevention and control of aquatic animal diseases, including on imports from other countries, which are in force in the third country and the way in which they have been implemented.