The Leghold Trap and Pelt Imports (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
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4.—(1) The Leghold Trap and Pelt Imports (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019() are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2—
(a)in paragraph (2), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)for the words “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;”;
(b)in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—
“(c)after paragraph (2), insert—
“3. Paragraph 1 does not apply—
(a)where the pelts originate from an approved country; or
(b)to the introduction of—
(i)any goods into Northern Ireland, or
(ii)any goods subject to a transit procedure and travelling to Northern Ireland, other than goods subject to a transit procedure and travelling to Great Britain.
3A. For the purposes of paragraph 1, goods entering Northern Ireland subject to a transit procedure and travelling to Great Britain are to be treated as being introduced into the United Kingdom on their entry into Great Britain.
3B. In this Article, “transit procedure” means—
(a)a transit procedure referred to in section 3(4)(b) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018(); or
(b)a transit procedure referred to in Article 210(a) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code(), as it has effect by virtue of section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.”.”;
(c)in paragraph (4), for the text to be substituted substitute—
“For the purposes of Article 3, pelts are to be considered to originate from an approved country only where the designated competent authority of the country from which the pelts, or the goods into which the pelts has been incorporated, have been exported or re-exported to the UK has certified, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 35/97 laying down provisions on the certification of pelts and goods covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91(), that such pelts originate in—
(a)an approved country; or
(b)the United Kingdom.”.
(3) In regulation 3(2)(a)(iii), for “an approved country” substitute “an approved country or the United Kingdom”.
(4) In regulation 4(2), in the text to be substituted, for “Article 3” substitute “Article 3(3)”.