The Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2021

PART 2 E+W+SPlaces of destination

Introductory and interpretationE+W+S

2.—(1) This Part applies in relation to the importation of [F1relevant goods]—

(a)for the duration of the transitional staging period [F2falling on or after 4th March 2021], and

(b)for the purpose of supplementing and modifying the transitional derogations and modifications specified in Article 168 of, and Annex 6 M1 to the Official Controls Regulation.

F3(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) In this Part—

(a)“importation” means bringing goods into Great Britain from a relevant third country, and cognate terms are to be construed accordingly;

(b)“the Official Controls Regulation” means 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 products;

(c)“relevant third country” has the meaning given by Annex 6 to the Official Controls Regulation;

[F4(ca)“relevant goods” means goods within the category referred to in Article 47(1)(c) of the Official Controls Regulation, other than goods which are—

(i)referred to in column 2 of the table in Annex 8 to the Official Controls Regulation, as inserted by paragraph 15 of Annex 6 to that Regulation; and

(ii)come from a country listed in Part A of Annex 11 to the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation under the entry number, specified in column 3 of the table in Annex 8, which corresponds to the particular goods referred to in column 2;]

F5(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)“transitional staging period” has the meaning given by Annex 6 to the Official Controls Regulation.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 2 in force at 4.3.2021, see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1Article 168 was inserted into Regulation (EU) 2017/625 by regulation 28 of S.I. 2020/1481 and provides for the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 to apply subject to the transitional derogations and modifications specified in Annex 6.

Official controls on specified goods at the place of destinationE+W+S

F63.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

OffencesE+W+S

4.—(1) The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 M2 have effect in relation to [F7relevant goods] entering Great Britain from a relevant third country during the transitional staging period, subject to the following modifications.

F8(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) In Schedule 3, in Part 2—

F9(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F10(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)after the entry relating to Article 56(4)—

(i)in the first column, insert “ Article 56A ”;

(ii)in the second column, insert—

“During the transitional staging period, requires the operators of relevant goods from a relevant third country, to give prior notification to the relevant competent authority before the expected time of arrival of the goods at a point of entry in Great Britain.”.

[F11(4) This regulation does not apply in relation to any part of the transitional staging period falling before 4th March 2021.]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 4 in force at 4.3.2021, see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M2S.I. 2019/1517 amended by S.I. 2020/1482, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.