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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-specific-food-hygiene-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-46",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111180099",
  "legislation_title": "The Specific Food Hygiene (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-specific-food-hygiene-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/46",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Amendment of Regulation (EC) 854/2004",
  "text": "In Annex 3, in Chapter 1—\n(a) for paragraph 2, substitute—\n“2. However, subject to paragraph 3, official controls of vessels—\n(a) may be carried out when vessels call at a port in the United Kingdom;\n(b) concern all vessels landing fishery products at ports in the United Kingdom irrespective of flag; and\n(c) may, if necessary, when the competent authority of the third country the flag of which the vessel is flying is carrying out the official control, be carried out while the vessel is at sea or when it is in a port in the United Kingdom or in a third country.”;\n(b) for paragraph 3(a), substitute—\n“(a) In the case of an inspection of a factory or freezer vessel flying the flag of the United Kingdom carried out with a view to approval of the vessel, the competent authority is to carry out inspections in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of Article 3, particularly the time limits of Article 3(2). If necessary, that competent authority may inspect the vessel while it is at sea or when it is in a port in a third country.”;\n(c) for paragraph 3(b), substitute—\n“(b) When the competent authority has granted the vessel conditional approval in accordance with Article 3, that competent authority may authorise a competent authority of a third country that appears on a list of third countries from which imports of fishery products are permitted drawn up in accordance with Article 11, to carry out a follow-up inspection with a view to granting full approval or prolonging conditional approval in accordance with Article 3(4). If necessary, that competent authority may inspect the vessel while it is at sea or when it is in a port in a third country.”;\n(d) for paragraph 4, substitute—\n“4. When the competent authority authorises the competent authority of a third country to carry out inspections on its behalf in accordance with paragraph 3, the two competent authorities are to agree on the conditions governing such inspections. These conditions are to ensure, in particular, that the competent authority of the third country the flag of which the vessel is flying receives reports on the results of inspections and on any suspected non-compliance without delay, so as to enable it to take the necessary measures.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111180099/regulation/46",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}