The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 U.K.

4.—(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1(3)(a)(i), for “of a competent authority” substitute—

“of:

• — in England, Wales or Scotland, the Secretary of State;

• F1 ...”.

(3) In Article 2—

(a) the existing paragraph is renumbered as paragraph 1;

F2 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) after point (r), insert—

“(s) ‘Appropriate Minister’ means:

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

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

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

F3 (iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(t) ‘third country’ means any country other than the British Islands F4 ....

F5 2.   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”.

(4) In Article 13—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Member States” substitute “The Appropriate Minister”;

(ii) after “ “dissemination” insert “from time to time”;

(b) in paragraph 2(a), omit “, competent authorities”;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) before “competent” insert “relevant”;

(ii) omit “Community”;

(d) in paragraph 4, before “competent” substitute “relevant”;

(e) omit paragraph 5.

(5) In Article 17(6)—

(a) in the third subparagraph, in the words before point (a), for “Member States” substitute “the Appropriate Minister”;

(b) in point (a), for the words from “within the” to “Regulation)” substitute “the live weight of which is more than 300kg”.

(6) In Article 18—

(a) in paragraph 1, in the second subparagraph, for “Community” substitute “retained EU”;

(b) for paragraph 4 substitute—

“4.   By 30 June each year, each competent authority shall publish a report on the depopulation operations carried out during the previous year.”;

(7) In Article 20—

(a) in paragraph 1, in the words before point (a)—

(i) for “Each Member State” substitute “The Appropriate Minister”;

(ii) for “authorities” substitute “authority”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

[F6 (i) in the first subparagraph, for “the Member States concerned” substitute “Great Britain”;]

(ii) in the second subparagraph—

(aa) in the first sentence, for “Member State” substitute “Appropriate Minister”;

(bb) in the second sentence, for “with its counterparts and the Commission” substitute “with its counterparts at the other competent authorties".

(8) In Article 21—

(a) in paragraph 1, in the words before point (a), for “Member States shall designate the competent authority” substitute “each competent authority is”;

[F7 (b) for paragraph 4 substitute—

“4.   Competent authorities must recognise certificates of competence issued:

(a) by other competent authorities in Great Britain in accordance with this Regulation;

(b) in Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 21 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 as it has effect by virtue of section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.”;]

(c) in paragraph 5, in the words before point (a), for “The” substitute “A”;

(d) in paragraph 6, for “Community law and/or national law” substitute “provisions in retained EU law or any other law applicable in the United Kingdom”;

(e) in paragraph 7, for “Member States” substitute “Each competent authority”;

F8 (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(10) Omit Articles 23 and 25.

(11) In Article 26—

(a) in the heading, omit “national”;

(b) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) for “Member States” substitute “the Appropriate Minister”;

(bb) omit “national”;

(ii) omit the second subparagraph;

(c) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) for “Member States” substitute “The Appropriate Minister”;

(bb) omit “national”;

(ii) omit the second subparagraph;

(d) omit paragraphs 3 and 4.

(12) Omit Article 27.

(13) In Article 28—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) omit the first subparagraph;

(ii) in the second subparagraph, in the words before point (a), omit “However,”;

(b) in paragraph 2, omit “repealed”.

(14) Omit Article 29(2).

(15) After Article 30, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 4(2) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1590), regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 2(33)

F2 Reg. 4(3)(b) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 42(3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1631, regs. 1(2), 10(2))

F3 Words in reg. 4(3)(c) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1590), regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 2(34)(a)(i)

F4 Words in reg. 4(3)(c) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1590), regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 2(34)(a)(ii)

F5 Words in reg. 4(3)(c) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1590), regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 2(34)(a)(iii)

F6 Reg. 4(7)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1590), regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 2(35)

F7 Reg. 4(8)(b) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1590), regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 2(36)

F8 Reg. 4(9) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 42(3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1631, regs. 1(2), 10(2))

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