# The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020, Regulation 5: Amendment of Chapter 2 (prevention) of the Invasive Alien Species Regulation


In Article 13—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “The Scottish Ministers, after consulting the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (as they consider appropriate), must”,
(ii) for the words from “their territory” to “Directive 2008/56/EC” substitute “Scotland”,
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) for “each Member State shall” substitute “the Scottish Ministers, after consulting the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (as appropriate) must”,
(c) omit paragraph 3,
(d) in paragraph 4 in point (b), for “third” substitute “other”,
(e) omit point (c),
(f) for paragraph 5 substitute—
“5. The Scottish Ministers must review the action plan established under paragraph 2 at least every six years.”,
(g) after paragraph 5 insert—
“6. In this Article and Article 14, the date of adoption of the list of species of special concern is to be taken to be 2 August 2016.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2020/9780111047088/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-invasive-non-native-species-eu-exit-scotland-amendment-etc-regulations-2020-sdsi-2020-9780111047088/regulation-5
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