The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

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

27.—(1) The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 3 substitute—

“3.   In Article 1(1)—

(a) in point (a), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) in point (b), for the words from “the Union” to the end substitute “Great Britain.”.”.

(3) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (b)(i), for the inserted text, substitute “by the appropriate authority, by the zootechnical authority in Northern Ireland or”;

(b) in paragraph (c), in the substituted text, after “a member State” insert “or in Northern Ireland”;

(c) in paragraph (d), in the substituted text—

(i) in point (i), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(ii) at the end, insert—

“(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;”;

(d) in paragraph (e), in the substituted text—

(i) in point (i), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(ii) at the end insert—

“(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;”;

(e) in paragraph (f), in the substituted text, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(f) for paragraph (g) substitute—

“(g) omit point (l);”;

(g) after paragraph (g) insert—

“(ga) omit point (p);”;

(h) for paragraph (i) substitute—

“(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”;”;

(i) in paragraph (j), in the inserted text—

(i) in point (u), after “country other than” insert “the British Islands or”;

(ii) after point (w) insert—

“(wa) ‘constituent territory of Great Britain’ means England, Wales or Scotland;”;

(iii) in point (x) omit point (iv).

(4) In regulation 5—

(a) in paragraph (a), for the substituted text substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) for paragraph (c), substitute—

“(c) in paragraph 4—

(i) for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”;

(ii) for “(EC) No 882/2004” substitute “(EU) 2017/625”.”.

(5) In regulation 6(1)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—

“(a) in the heading—

(i) omit “Union”;

(ii) at the end, insert “in Great Britain”;”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(ab) in paragraph 1, in the text before point (a)—

(i) omit “Union”;

(ii) after “system for the identification of equidae” insert “in Great Britain”;”.

(6) For regulation 7 substitute—

“7.   In the title of Chapter 2, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”.”.

(7) In regulation 8—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute

“(a) in the heading, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(b) in paragraph (b)(i), in the substituted text—

(i) in points (a)(i) and (iii), for “2(1) of Commission Decision 92/353/EEC” substitute “4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012”;

(ii) in point (a)(i), for “that Decision” substitute “it”.

(8) In regulation 9—

(a) in paragraph (a), after sub-paragraph (ii) insert—

“(iii) after “Member States,” in the second place where it occurs, insert “the competent authority for Northern Ireland,”;”;

(b) in paragraph (c), in the text to be substituted, after “member States,” insert “the competent authority for Northern Ireland,”.

(9) For regulation 10, substitute—

“10.   In Article 7, in the heading and in paragraph 1, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”.”.

(10) For regulation 11 substitute—

“11.   In the heading to Article 8, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”.”.

(11) In regulation 12—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) in the heading, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;”.

(b) after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) in paragraph 3(b), for “2 or 3 of Decision 96/78/EC” substitute “15 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012”.”.

(12) In regulation 14—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) in the heading, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(b) in paragraph (b), in the substituted text, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain” in both places where it occurs;

(c) for paragraph (d) substitute—

“(d) in paragraph 3—

(i) omit “and in accordance with Article 1 of Decision 96/78/EC”;

(ii) for the words from “other than” to the end substitute “or in Northern Ireland, rather than in Great Britain”.”.

(13) In regulation 15—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) in the heading, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(b) for paragraph (b)(i) substitute—

“(i) for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;”.

(14) For regulation 17 substitute—

“17.   In the heading of Chapter 3, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain from a third country”.”.

(15) In regulation 18, for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain from a third country”;”.

(16) In regulation 19—

(a) for paragraph (a), substitute—

“(a) in the heading, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain from a third country”;”;

(b) in paragraph (b)—

(i) for sub-paragraph (ii) substitute—

“(ii) in point (a), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain from a third country”;”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (iii) substitute—

“(iii) in point (b)—

(aa) after “admission of a registered horse” insert “from a third country”;

(bb) for the words from “a Decision” to the end substitute “the procedure referred to in Article 19 of Regulation 2018/659;”;”.

(17) In regulation 20, in the new Article 15A to be inserted—

(a) in the title, after “the European Union” insert “or Northern Ireland”;

(b) in paragraph 1, for the words from “the United Kingdom” to the end substitute “Great Britain to the Union, or for the purposes of moving an equine animal from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, whether or not for a temporary period”.

(18) In regulation 22, after paragraph (b), insert—

“(c) omit paragraph 4.”.

(19) In regulation 24(b), in the substituted text, after “in member States” insert “or in Northern Ireland”.

(20) In regulation 27, for the substituted text substitute “Great Britain”.

(21) In regulation 28—

(a) in paragraph (a), for the substituted text substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) omit paragraph 3.”.

(22) In regulation 29—

(a) in paragraph (a), for the substituted text substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph (b), in the substituted text—

(i) for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain” both times it occurs;

(ii) at the end, insert “or from Northern Ireland”.

(23) In regulation 31—

(a) in paragraph (b)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (i), in the substituted text, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (iii) substitute—

“(iii) in point (b), in the words before point (i), for the words from “the Member State where” to “Member” substitute “Great Britain from a member”;”;

(iii) for sub-paragraph (iv), substitute—

“(iv) in points (b)(ii) and (iii), for “the Member State” substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(b) for paragraph (c)(i) substitute—

“(i) in point (a)(ii)—

(aa) for “Decision 92/353/EEC” substitute “Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012”;

(bb) for the words from “Member State” to “located” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(cc) for “Decision 96/78/EC” substitute “Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012”;”.

(24) In regulation 33(c)(ii), in the substituted text, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

(25) In regulation 34—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) in the heading, for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(b) in paragraph (b), in the substituted text, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

(26) After regulation 34, insert—

“Amendments to Article 31

34A.   In Article 31(1), omit point (b).”.

(27) In regulation 36—

(a) in paragraph (b)—

(i) for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

“(i) for point (a) substitute “referred to in paragraph 1A;”;”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), in the substituted text—

(aa) for point (i) substitute—

“(i) a country or region that is not free from African horse sickness;”;

(bb) in point (ii), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph (c), in the substituted text—

(i) omit point (c);

(ii) in point (d)—

(aa) for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(bb) omit the text from “, or under the equivalent legislation” to the end;

(cc) point (d) becomes point (c);

(iii) after point (c), insert—

“1A.   The holdings referred to in paragraph 1(a) are those where:

(a) equidae suspected of having contracted dourine are or have been located, unless it has been at least six months since the last actual or possible contact with a sick animal. This paragraph does not apply where the animal referred to in paragraph 1 has been castrated;

(b) equidae suffering from glanders or equine encephalomyelitis are or have been located, unless it has been at least six months since the day on which the equidae suffering from the disease in question was slaughtered;

(c) animals suffering from infectious anaemia are or have been located, unless the infected animals have been slaughtered and the remaining animals have shown a negative reaction to two Coggins tests carried out three months apart;

(d) cases of vesicular stomatitis have been recorded, unless it has been at least six months since the last recorded case;

(e) cases of rabies have been reported, unless it has been at least one month since the last recorded case;

(f) cases of anthrax have been reported, unless it has been at least 15 days since the last recorded case.

1B.   If all the animals of a species susceptible to the disease located on the holding referred to in paragraph 1A have been slaughtered and the premises disinfected, the period referred to in paragraphs 1A(a) to (e) shall be 30 days, beginning on the day on which the animals were destroyed and the premises disinfected.”;

(iv) in paragraph 2—

(aa) for “constituent territory of the United Kingdom” substitute “country, region or constituent territory” in each place where it occurs;

(bb) in the text before point (a), after “paragraph 1(b)”, omit “(ii)”.

(28) In regulation 37(b) in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii), in the substituted text, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

(29) In regulation 38(b), in the substituted text—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph 2(a), for “, Wales and Northern Ireland” substitute “and Wales”;

(c) in paragraph 3, after “member States” insert “, the competent authority in Northern Ireland”.

(30) In regulation 39(e), in the substituted text, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

(31) In regulation 40—

(a) in paragraph (a) the words from “in the words before” to the end become sub-paragraph (i);

(b) after sub-paragraph (i), insert—

“(i) in point (a), after “with Article 5(1);” insert “and”;

(ii) in point (b), at the end insert “, if different”;”;

(c) in paragraph (b), in the new paragraph 4 inserted by that regulation, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

(32) In regulation 41(b)(i), in the substituted text, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

(33) For regulation 45(a) substitute—

“(a) in paragraph 2, for “the Union or imported into the Union” substitute “Great Britain or imported into Great Britain”;”.

(34) In regulation 47(2)—

(a) in sub-paragraphs (c), (d) and (e)(ii), in the substituted text, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) after paragraph (e), insert—

“(ea) in section 3, in the heading, omit “in accordance with Article 4(4)(a) of Directive 2009/156/EC”;”

(c) in sub-paragraph (f)—

(i) in paragraph (ii), for the substituted text substitute “only valid to enter Great Britain from a member State or Northern Ireland”;

(ii) in paragraph (iii), for the substituted text substitute “from a member State or Northern Ireland to the territory of Great Britain”.

(35) In regulation 48(2), in the substituted text—

(a) in Article 1(1), after point (c), insert—

“(d) the criteria for the distribution of funds for the safeguard, development and improvement of breeding which have been reserved from the prize money or profits of competitions.”;

(b) Omit paragraphs 2 and 3;

(36) Omit regulations 49 and 50.

(1)

S.I. 2019/591.