The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011

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2.—(1) In these Regulations—

[F1“the TARP (ALF) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022” (“Rheoliadau’r FAChP (DSD) (Cymru) (Ymadael â’r UE) 2022”) means the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment and Legislative Functions) and Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022;]

“animal” (“anifail”) means an animal of any kind, including a bird, fish or invertebrate;

[F2“appropriate computerised information management system” (“system rheoli gwybodaeth gyfrifiadurol briodol”) means the computerised information management system for official controls referred to in Article 131 of the Official Controls Regulation;]

[F2“border control post” (“safle rheoli ar y ffin”) has the meaning given in regulation 11;]

[F2“CHED” (“DMIG”) has the meaning given in regulation 10;]

“enforcement authority” (“awdurdod gorfodi”) has the meaning given in regulation 31;

[F3“genetic material” (“deunydd genetig”) means any germinal product that includes semen, oocytes and embryos intended for artificial reproduction and hatching eggs;]

[F4“health certificate” (“tystysgrif iechyd”) in these Regulations includes the equivalent of a health certificate in electronic form;]

[F4“importer” (“mewnforiwr”) means the natural or legal person who presents animals or products for importation from outside the [F5British Islands];]

[F4“intensified official controls” (“rheolaethau swyddogol dwysach”) means those controls carried out in accordance with Article 65(4) of the [F6Official Controls Regulation];]

“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means in relation to an area, the county or county borough council for that area;

[F4“official controls” (“rheolaethau swyddogol”) means activities performed in accordance with Article 2(1) of the [F7Official Controls Regulation];]

[F8“official fish inspector” (“arolygydd pysgod swyddogol”) means a suitably trained person appointed in accordance with regulation 12;]

[F8“official veterinary surgeon” (“milfeddyg swyddogol”) means a suitably trained veterinary surgeon appointed in accordance with regulation 12;]

“port health authority” (“awdurdod iechyd porthladd”) means in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act;

[F4“premises” (“mangre”) includes any place, vehicle, trailer, container, stall, moveable structure, ship or aircraft;]

[F9“product” (“cynnyrch”) means—

(a)

any product of animal origin, germinal product, animal by-product, derived product or hay or straw subject to official controls at border control posts, and

(b)

any composite product listed in Commission Decision 2007/275 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to official controls at border [F10control] posts;]

[F2“third country” (“trydedd wlad”) means any country or territory other than the British Islands]

[F11“the transitional staging period” (“ycyfnod graddoli trosiannol”) has the meaning given in Annex 6 to the Official Controls Regulation.]

F12(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F13(3) In these Regulations,—

(a)[F14“ Official Controls Regulation ” (“Rheoliad Rheolaethau Swyddogol”)] is a reference to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products;

(b)“Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1012” (“Rheoliad (EU) Rhif 2016/1012”) is a reference to Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1012 on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof M1;

(c)any reference to a “border inspection post” (“arolygfa ffin”) is to be read as a reference to a “border control post” (“safle rheoli ar y ffin”) as defined in regulation 11; and

F15(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F16(4) The terms used in Schedule 6 have the same meaning as in Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (16.12.2022) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment and Legislative Functions) and Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1348), regs. 1(2), 3(2)

F2Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1612), regs. 1(3), 3(a)(i)

F3Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/44), regs. 1(2), 23(2)(a)(i)

F4Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.1.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/44), regs. 1(2), 23(2)(a)(iii)

F5Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1612), regs. 1(3), 3(a)(ii)

F6Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1612), regs. 1(3), 3(a)(iii)

F7Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1612), regs. 1(3), 3(a)(iv)

F8Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (30.4.2024) by The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/541), regs. 1, 14(2) (with reg. 5)

F9Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/44), regs. 1(2), 23(2)(a)(ii)