# The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111176269/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-invasive-non-native-species-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-7
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