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Article 17 Research and other specific purposes

United Kingdom

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1.

The competent authority may, by way of derogation from Articles 12, 13 and 14, authorise the use of animal by-products and derived products for exhibitions, artistic activities, and for diagnostic, educational or research purposes under conditions which ensure the control of risks to public and animal health.

Such conditions shall include:

(a)

the prohibition of any subsequent use of the animal by-products or derived products for other purposes; and

(b)

the obligation to dispose of the animal by-products or derived products safely, or to re-dispatch them to their place of origin, if appropriate.

2.

In the case of risks to public and animal health which require the adoption of measures for the whole territory of F1Great Britain, in particular in the case of newly emerging risks, F2the Secretary of State may, by regulations, lay down, in relation to the whole of Great Britain, conditions for the import and use of the animal by-products and derived products referred to in paragraph 1 F3.... Such conditions may include requirements regarding storage, packaging, identification, transport and disposal.

F4...

F5(3)

The Secretary of State may not make regulations under paragraph 2 without the consent of—

  1. (a)

    in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

  2. (b)

    in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

Where either of the parties mentioned in point (a) or (b) requests that the Secretary of State make regulations under paragraph 2, the Secretary of State must have regard to that request.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 17(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(8)(a)(i) (with reg. 12) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1463, regs. 1(2)(a), 6(5)(b)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in Art. 17(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(8)(a)(ii) (with reg. 12) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1463, regs. 1(2)(a), 6(5)(b)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in Art. 17(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(8)(a)(iii) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Words in Art. 17(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(8)(b) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5

Art. 17(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(9) (with reg. 12) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1463, regs. 1(2)(a), 6(5)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on the whole EU Regulation

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Regulation substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 12(2)