The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment and Legislative Functions) and Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

Further interpretation

8.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the words and expressions listed in paragraph (2), as used in this Part and in the EU Directives modified by this Part, have the meanings given in paragraph (2).

(2) The words and expressions are—

“the competent authority” has the meaning given in Article 3 of the Official Controls Regulation;

“Directive 2001/89” means Council Directive 2001/89/EC on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(1) as it had effect immediately before implementation period completion day;

“the Diseases of Poultry Orders” means—

(i)

the Diseases of Poultry (Wales) Order 2003(2);

(ii)

the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Wales) (No 2) Order 2006(3);

(iii)

the Avian Influenza (Vaccination) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2006(4);

“the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Orders” means—

(i)

the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006(5);

(ii)

the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) (Wales) Regulations 2006(6);

“national reference laboratory” means a laboratory designated by the appropriate authority in accordance with Article 100 of the Official Controls Regulation;

“official laboratory” means a laboratory designated by the competent authority in accordance with Article 37 of the Official Controls Regulation;

“Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000” means Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products(7);

“Regulation (EC) No 1/2005” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations(8);

“Regulation (EU) No 206/2010” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements(9);

“the TARP (ALF) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022” means these Regulations;

“third country” means any country or territory outside the British Islands;

“WOAH” means the World Organisation for Animal Health(10);

“WOAH reference laboratory” means a laboratory that has been officially designated as a WOAH reference laboratory by the World Assembly of Delegates of the WOAH(11).

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, in the EU Directives modified by this Part and in the modifications made to the EU Directives in this Part, any reference to one of those EU Directives, unless specified otherwise, is a reference to that Directive as it had effect immediately before implementation period completion day and as modified by this Part.

(1)

OJ No. L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.

(2)

S.I. 2003/1079 (W. 148), amended by 2006/1762 (W. 184), 2010/618 (W. 60), 2018/1216 (W. 249) and 2021/480 (W. 147).

(3)

S.I. 2006/2927 (W. 262), amended by S.I. 2010/618 (W. 60), 2012/3039, 2018/1216 (W. 249), 2019/371 (W. 92) and 463 (W. 111) and 2022/280 (W.81).

(4)

S.I. 2006/2932 (W. 265), amended by S.I. 2010/619 (W. 61), 2018/1216 (W. 249) and 2019/371 (W. 92).

(5)

S.I. 2006/179 (W. 30), amended by S.I. 2010/618 (W. 60), 2011/2377 (W. 250), 2014/517 (W. 60), 2018/1216 (W. 249), 2019/371 (W. 92) and 463 (W. 111), and 2020/44 (W. 5).

(6)

S.I. 2006/180 (W. 31), amended by S.I. 2010/619 (W. 61), 2011/1043 and 2377 (W. 250), 2014/517 (W. 60), 2019/371 (W. 92) and 2020/44 (W. 5).

(7)

EUR 2000/1760, amended by S.I. 2019/588, 814 and 822, 2020/1388, 1453 and 1463, and section 34(3)(a) and (b) of the Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21).

(8)

EUR 2005/1, amended by S.I. 2019/588, 802 and 1312, 2020/1481 and 1590 and 2022/846.

(9)

EUR 2010/206, amended by S.I. 2019/1225, 2020/1462, 2021/211 and 2022/735.

(10)

WOAH is an intergovernmental organisation, formerly known as the OIE, set up to improve animal health worldwide and fight infectious animal diseases. Further information can be found here: https://www.woah.org/en/who-we-are/.

(11)

The World Assembly is the authority for WOAH and comprises of 182 delegates from each Member country of WOAH. For more information on the World Assembly see here: https://www.woah.org/en/who-we-are/structure/world-assembly/. Further details on the procedure for designation of the reference laboratories can be found here: https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-offer/expertise-network/reference-laboratories/#ui-id-2.