The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendments to Commission Decision 92/353/EEC

49.—(1) Commission Decision 92/353 laying down the criteria for the approval or recognition of organizations and associations which maintain or establish stud-books for registered equidae is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a) the existing text becomes paragraph 1;

(b) in that paragraph, for “authorities of the Member State” substitute “central authority for the constituent territory of the United Kingdom”;

(c) at the end of that paragraph, insert—

“2.   In this Decision, the “central authority for the constituent territory of the United Kingdom” means—

(i) in England, the Secretary of State;

(ii) in Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(iii) in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(iv) in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development.”.

(3) In Article 2—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “authorities of the Member State” substitute “central authority for the constituent territory of the United Kingdom”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “a Member State” substitute “a constituent territory of the United Kingdom”;

(ii) for “authorities of that Member State” substitute “central authority for that constituent territory of the United Kingdom”;

(c) omit paragraph 3;

(d) in paragraph 4, omit “in a Member State”.

(4) In Article 3, for “authorities of the Member State” substitute “central authority for the constituent territory of the United Kingdom”.

(5) Omit Article 4.

(6) In the Annex—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “Member State” substitute “constituent territory of the United Kingdom”;

(b) in paragraph 4, for “territory of the Community” substitute “constituent territory of the United Kingdom”.