Introductory text
Animals, England
Food, England
Plant Health, England
Made 19th December 2022
Laid before Parliament 20th December 2022
Coming into force 30th December 2022
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—
Article 144(6) of, and paragraph 2 of Annex 6 to, Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection productsf1;
paragraph 11A of Schedule 2 to the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011f2.
In accordance with Article 144(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, before making these Regulations, the Secretary of State has consulted such bodies and persons as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations and such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
Annotations
Footnotes
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EUR 2017/625. Article 144 is substituted, and Annex 6 inserted, by S.I. 2020/1481. “Appropriate authority” is defined in Article 3(2A), which was inserted by S.I. 2020/1481. Relevant amendments to Annex 6 are S.I. 2021/809, 2021/1443 and 2022/621.
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S.I. 2011/1197; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/1488, 2020/109, 2020/1462, 2020/1631, 2021/429, 2021/809, 2021/1096 and 2021/1443. Paragraph 11A of Schedule 2 is inserted by S.I. 2020/1631 and enables the Secretary of State to amend, modify or revoke any retained direct minor EU legislation made under Article 8(4) of Council Directive 2002/99/EC (O.J. No. L 18, 23.1.2008, p.11). S.I. 2020/1666, which is amended by regulation 2 of this instrument, amends Commission Decision 2000/572/EC (EUDN 2000/572). Commission Decision 2000/572/EC (O.J. No. L 240, 23.9.2000, p.19) was adopted under Council Directive 94/65/EC (O.J. No. L 368, 31.12.1994, p.10). Council Directive 94/65/EC was repealed by Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 157, 30.4.2004, p.33), which provided in Article 4 that references to certain Directives, including Council Directive 94/65/EC, should be construed as being made, as the context demands, to Council Directive 2002/99/EC.