The Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Chapter 1 Amendment of retained EU direct legislation

Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to swine fever in certain Member States and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU

2.—(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1, at the end insert—

“For the purposes of this Decision, “the appropriate authority” means—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(d) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.”.

(3) In Article 15, for paragraph 3, substitute—

“3.   The appropriate authority must prohibit the export of live feral pigs.”.

(4) In Article 15a—

(a) in the heading, omit “of the Member States”;

(b) in point 2, for “All Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”.

(5) For Article 19 substitute—

“The appropriate authority must amend the measures that it applies to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision and it must give immediate appropriate publicity to the measures adopted.”.

(6) Omit Article 22.