Article 2 Definitions

United Kingdom

For the purposes of this Decision, the definitions set out in Article 2 of Directive 2005/94/EC shall apply.

F1In this Decision, the definitions in Council Directive 2005/94/EC are to be interpreted as if—

(a)

in point 18, the reference to “competent authority” were a reference to the appropriate Minister;

(b)

in point 25, the reference to “Community vaccine bank” were a reference to the EU or any other vaccine bank;

(c)

in point 29, in the reference to “primary outbreak”, for the words “Member State” to the end there were substituted “ constituent part of Great Britain, or the first outbreak in a different constituent part of Great Britain ”.

For the purposes of this Decision—

(a)

“the appropriate Minister” means—

(i)

in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(ii)

in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(iii)

in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(b)

“constituent part”, in relation to the United Kingdom, means England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 19(2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 25(15)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)