The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

This Statutory Instrument includes a correction to S.I. 2018/1025 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under paragraph 8F(1) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Draft Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 000

Exiting The European Union

Environmental Protection

The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Made

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Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(1) and 8C(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(1).

In accordance with paragraph 8F(1) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.

(2) These Regulations come into force immediately before IP completion day.

The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

2.—(1) The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (EU Exit) Regulations 2018(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1—

(a) for the heading, substitute “Citation, commencement and extent”;

(b) number the existing provision as paragraph (1);

(c) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(2) Part 2 of these Regulations extends to England and Wales and Scotland.”.

(3) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (2)(a)(ii), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) for subparagraph (a)(i) substitute—

“(i) for “the Community”, in the first two places it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(ii) for subparagraph (f)(i) substitute—

“(i) for “the Community”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(iii) in subparagraph (g), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(iv) for subparagraph (h) substitute—

“(h) in paragraph 13, for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(v) in subparagraph (i), in the inserted text, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(c) for paragraph (4)(a) substitute—

“(a) in paragraph 1, for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(d) for paragraph (5)(a)(i) substitute—

“(i) for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(e) in paragraph (7)—

(i) for subparagraph (a) substitute—

“(a) in paragraph 1, for “Member States shall make available to the public and to the Commission,” substitute “The Secretary of State must prepare and publish,”;”;

(ii) in subparagraph (b), in the substituted text, for the words from “2020” to the end substitute “2022”.

(4) In regulation 5—

(a) in paragraphs (4), (6) and (9), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) for paragraph (15)(b) substitute—

“(b) in the notes for guidance, in the note for box 5, for “the EU” substitute “Great Britain”.”.

(5) In regulation 6—

(a) in paragraph (5)(a), in the substituted text, for “in the United” substitute “by the United”;

(b) in paragraph (7)(c), in the substituted text, for “exit” substitute “IP completion”;

(c) in paragraph (14), in the substituted text, for “2021” substitute “2022”.

(6) In regulation 7(7)(a)(iv), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

Name

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Date

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(1) and 8C(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16).

Regulation 2 amends the Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 for the purposes of implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol (that is, the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement), accounting for amendments to retained direct EU legislation that have been adopted at the EU level after those Regulations were made and correcting a minor error at regulation 6(5)(a).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, public or voluntary sector is foreseen.

(1)

2018 c.16. Section 8C is inserted by section 21 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2020 (c.1). Paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 is amended by paragraph 53 of Schedule 5 to that Act.

(2)

S.I. 2018/1025.