Regulation 7 Amendment of Chapter 3 (early detection and rapid eradication)

(1)

Chapter 3 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 14—

(a)

in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “the appropriate authority”;

(b)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

in point (a), for “the territory, including marine territorial waters, of the Member States” substitute “England, Wales and Northern Ireland”;

(ii)

in point (b), for “the territory or part of the territory of a Member State” substitute “of England, Wales and Northern Ireland”;

(iii)

in point (c), after “set out in” insert “ retained EU law which transposed”.

(3)

In Article 15—

(a)

in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “the Secretary of State”;

(b)

in paragraph 3, for the second sentence substitute “In paragraphs 4 to 6 and 8, “the competent authority” means the authority responsible for carrying out the official controls mentioned in paragraph 2.”;

(c)

in paragraph 4(a)—

(i)

omit “referred to in paragraph (3)”;

(ii)

after “in accordance with”, insert “retained EU law which implemented or transposed”;

(d)

in paragraph 5—

(i)

in point (b) omit “referred to in paragraph (3)”;

(ii)

in the second subparagraph, for “Member States” substitute “The Secretary of State”;

(e)

in paragraph 6, for “Member State concerned” substitute “competent authority”;

(f)

in paragraph 7, for “Member State” substitute “The Secretary of State”;

(g)

in paragraph 8, for the words “the Commission” to “shall” substitute “the Secretary of State, together with the competent authority, must”;

(4)

In Article 16—

(a)

in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”;

(b)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”;

(ii)

for “the Commission” substitute “other responsible authorities”;

(iii)

omit “inform the other Member States”.

(5)

In Article 17—

(a)

in paragraph 1, for “the Commission and inform the other Member States” substitute “the other responsible authorities”;

(b)

for “Member States”, in paragraphs 1 and 2, substitute “the appropriate authority”;

(c)

for “Member States”, in paragraphs 3 and 4, substitute “The appropriate authority”; ;

(d)

in paragraph 4—

(i)

for “the Commission”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “the other responsible authorities”;

(ii)

omit the last sentence.

(6)

In Article 18—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “A Member State may” substitute “The responsible authorities, acting jointly, may”;

(ii)

omit the second subparagraph;

(b)

omit paragraphs 2 and 3;

(c)

in paragraph 4—

(i)

for “Member States”, in the first place where it occurs, substitute “The appropriate authority”;

(ii)

for “Member States”, in the second place where it occurs, substitute “parts of the United Kingdom”;

(d)

in paragraph 5—

(i)

for the words from “the Commission” to “subparagraph of” substitute “the responsible authorities decide not to make a decision referred to in”;

(ii)

for “the Member State concerned” substitute “the appropriate authority”;

(e)

in paragraph 6, for the words “Commission does not reject a decision notified in accordance with the second paragraph of” substitute “responsible authorities make a decision referred to in”.