The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendments to Article 2 U.K.

4.  In Article 2—

(a) for point (e)(i) (together with the following “or”) substitute—

“(i) entered or registered and eligible for entry in a studbook, in accordance with the rules laid down by Articles 4(3), 19(4), 30(9) and (10), 32, 33 and 34(1)(c) of, and Annex 1, Part 1 of Annex 2 and Annex 5 to—

• — in relation to the United Kingdom, Regulation 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council”,

• — in relation to member States, Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council M1 as it has effect in EU law, as amended from time to time,

and identified by means of an identification document issued by a competent authority, or”;

(b) in point (f)(i)—

(i) after “recognised”, insert “ [F1 by the appropriate authority, by the zootechnical authority in Northern Ireland or] ”;

(ii) after “agency of”, insert “ the United Kingdom or of ”;

(c) in point (h), for the words from “either” to the end substitute “to the slaughterhouse for slaughter, either directly or through an approved marshalling centre, referred to in—

(i) Article 2(b) of Council Regulation 1/2005/EC, or

(ii) in relation to intended slaughter in a member State [F2 or in Northern Ireland], Council Regulation 1/2005/EC, as that Regulation has effect in EU law, as amended from time to time M2 ;”;

(d) for point (i) substitute—

“(i) ‘competent authority’ means—

(i) in [F3 Great Britain], the appropriate authority or any other authority to which the competence of that authority has been conferred, including an official veterinarian;

(ii) in a member State, the central authority of the member State competent for the organisation of official controls or any other authority to which that competence has been conferred, including the competent authority referred to in point (h) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/156/EC, as amended from time to time (‘the EU Directive’) M3 ;

[F4 (iii) in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs or any other authority to which the competence of that authority has been conferred, including the competent authority referred to in point (h) of the EU Directive;”];

(e) for point (j) substitute—

“(j) ‘zootechnical authority’ means—

(i) in [F5 Great Britain], the appropriate authority or any other authority to which the competence of that authority has been conferred, including any organisation or association which maintains or establishes a stud-book;

(ii) in a member State, the central authority competent for the implementation of Council Directive 90/427/EEC M4 , as amended from time to time, or any authority to which that competence has been conferred, including the authorities referred to in Article 2(1) of Commission Decision 92/353/EEC, as that Decision has effect in EU law, as amended from time to time M5 ;

[F6 (iii) in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs or any other authority to which the competence of that authority has been conferred, including any organisation or association which maintains or establishes a stud-book;”];

(f) for point (k) substitute—

“(k) ‘temporary admission’ means the status of a registered horse coming from a third country and admitted into [F7 Great Britain] for a period of days pursuant to—

(i) Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation 2018/659 on the conditions for the entry into the Union of live equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae;

(ii) a Decision adopted in accordance with Article 19(b) of the EU Directive;”;

[F8 (g) omit point (l);]

[F9 (ga) omit point (p);]

(h) in point (r), after “designated by” insert “ a competent authority of the United Kingdom, ”;

[F10 (i) in point (t)—

(i) after “means the”, insert “veterinary surgeon referred to in Schedule 4 to the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 or, in Northern Ireland or a member State, the”;

(ii) after “Directive 2001/82/EC”, insert “as that Directive has effect in EU law, as amended from time to time”;]

(j) after point (t) , insert—

“(u) ‘third country’ means a country other than [F11 the British Islands or] a member State;

(v) ‘constituent territory of the United Kingdom free of African horse sickness’ means a constituent territory of the United Kingdom in which—

(i) there has been no clinical, serological (in unvaccinated equidae) or epidemiological evidence of African horse sickness on the territory concerned in the previous 2 years, and

(ii) there have been no vaccinations against that disease during the previous 12 months;

(w) ‘constituent territory of the United Kingdom’ means England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland;

[F12 (wa) ‘constituent territory of Great Britain’ means England, Wales or Scotland;]

(x) ‘appropriate authority’ means—

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

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

(iii) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

F13 (iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(y) ‘the EU Regulation’ means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 M6 , as that Regulation has effect in EU law, as amended from time to time.”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 4(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 4(c) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(b)

F3 Words in reg. 4(d) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(c)(i)

F4 Words in reg. 4(d) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(c)(ii)

F5 Words in reg. 4(e) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(d)(i)

F6 Words in reg. 4(e) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(d)(ii)

F7 Words in reg. 4(f) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(e)

F8 Reg. 4(g) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(f)

F9 Reg. 4(ga) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(g)

F10 Reg. 4(i) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(h)

F11 Words in reg. 4(j) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(i)

F12 Words in reg. 4(j) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(i)(ii)

F13 Words in reg. 4(j) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(a), 27(3)(i)(iii)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ No L 171, 29.6.2016, p 66.

M2 OJ No L 3, 5.1.2005, p 1.

M3 OJ No L 192, 23.7.2010, p 1, as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1840 (OJ No L 280, 18.10.16, p 33).

M4 OJ No L 224, 18.8.1990, p 5, as repealed by Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 (OJ No L 171, 29.6.2016, p 66.). References to Council Directive 90/427 (other than to Article 8(1), which continues to have effect by virtue of Article 64(3) of that Regulation) are to take effect as references to that Regulation by virtue of Article 64 of that Regulation.

M5 OJ No L 192, 11.7.1992, p 63.

M6 OJ No L 59, 3.3.2015, p 1.