Article 1 Subject matter and definitionsF1

This Decision sets out a list of third countries F2and makes provision for the specification by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), of those third countries or parts thereof from which the importation of consignments of semen, ova and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine species into Great Britain is authorised.

It lays down certification requirements for the importation of those commodities into Great Britain.

In this Decision:

• F3...

• — “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:

  1. (a)

     in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

• — “third country” means any country or territory other than the British Islands.