The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009 U.K.

3.—(1) The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009 M1 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “member States” substitute “ the Secretary of State ”;

(b) in paragraph (4), for “EU legislation” substitute “ any other applicable legislation ”.

(3) In regulation 5, in paragraph (1), for “member States” substitute “ the Secretary of State ”.

(4) Omit regulations 14, 15 and 16.

(5) In regulation 17—

(a) omit paragraph (3);

(b) in paragraph (5), omit sub-paragraphs (a) and (b).

(6) In regulation 19—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), omit “14, 15 or”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), omit “14, 15 or”.

(7) In regulation 20(2), for “regulation 11 or regulation 16” substitute “ or regulation 11 ”.

(8) In regulation 22, omit the definition of “the relevant territories”.

(9) In regulation 28(1), omit sub-paragraphs (b) and (d).

(10) Omit regulation 35.

(11) In regulation 41—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b)(ii), omit “or paragraph (4) or (5) of regulation 35”;

(b) after paragraph (1)(b), insert—

“(ba) contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of any regulations made under Article 53 of Regulation 178/2002;”.

(12) After regulation 42 insert—

“Saving for declarations

42B.   Notwithstanding the revocation of regulation 35, any declaration issued under regulation 35 that is in force immediately before that revocation comes into force, continues to have effect as if it was made under Article 53 of Regulation 178/2002.”.

(13) For Schedule 4, substitute the Schedule that is set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(14) For Schedule 5, substitute the Schedule that is set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

(15) In Schedule 6, in the entry relating to Article 5(1)(b), in the second column, for “IMSOC” substitute “ appropriate computerised information management system for official controls referred to in Article 131 of Regulation 2017/625 ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2009/3255, as last amended by S.I. 2019/1476.