The Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

PART 2 Amendments to exit-related secondary legislation

The Food and Drink, Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

2.—(1) The Food and Drink, Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1—

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

(b) at the end insert—

“(3) Regulation 17 and Schedule 8 extend to Great Britain.”.

(3) In regulation 18(5)(a), in the substituted paragraph 1, for the words from “appropriate authority” to “State)” substitute “Secretary of State”.

(4) In Schedule 8, in Part 2, in the first column of the new table, for “the UK authorised product”, in both places it occurs, substitute “a product which is authorised for sale in the United Kingdom”;

(5) In Schedule 9—

(a) in Part 1, in the substituted Article 8—

(i) in paragraph 1, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(ii) in paragraph 3, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(iii) in paragraph 4, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(iv) in paragraph 6, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(v) in paragraph 7—

(aa) for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(bb) for “it” substitute “the Secretary of State”;

(vi) omit paragraph 8;

(b) in Part 2, in the substituted Article 9(1), for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(c) in Part 3, in the new Article 10(1C), for the words from “has the” to the end, substitute “means the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers”;

(d) in Part 4, in the new Article 14A—

(i) in paragraph 1, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(ii) in paragraph 5, for “appropriate authority”, in both places it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”.

The Veterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

3.—(1) The Veterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1—

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

(b) at the end insert—

“(3) Regulation 3 extends to Great Britain.”.

(3) In regulation 3—

(a) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) For regulation 4(1) substitute—

“(1) No person may place a veterinary medicinal product on the market unless the Secretary of State has—

(a) as regards a product to which Schedule 1B applies, issued a QNIG certificate in respect of that product;

(b) otherwise, granted a marketing authorisation in respect of that product.”.”;

(b) in paragraph (9), in the inserted sub-paragraph (2A)—

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

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “national pharmacopoeia of the United Kingdom” substitute “British Pharmacopoeia”;

(iii) in paragraph (d), for “exit day” substitute “IP completion day”;

(c) omit paragraph (13)(c);

(d) omit paragraph (14);

(e) in paragraph (36)—

(i) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) in that sub-paragraph—

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

(ii) omit paragraphs (b) and (c);”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), in the inserted sub-paragraph (2), after “does not apply” insert “where the exporting country has demonstrated equivalent standards to the United Kingdom or”.

(4) In regulation 6—

(a) omit paragraph (3);

(b) in paragraph (4)(b), in the substituted first paragraph, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(c) in paragraph (5)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (b), in the substituted paragraph 1, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (d);

(d) in paragraph (6), in the substituted text, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(e) in paragraph (8), in the substituted Article 11, for “appropriate authority”, in both places it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”;

(f) in paragraph (9), for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(g) in paragraph (14)(a), for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(h) in paragraph (17), in the substituted Article 21, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Secretary of State”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/865.

(2)

S.I. 2019/676.