The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 6) Regulations 2007

Approvals issued and things done in another part of the British Islands

28.—(1) Where these Regulations require any approval to be issued or granted by the Scottish Ministers, an equivalent document issued in another part of the British Islands by a competent authority in that part is valid in Scotland.

(2) Where these Regulations require that any declaration is made, an equivalent document made in another part of the British Islands is valid in Scotland.

(3) Where these Regulations require anything to be done in an approved establishment, slaughterhouse or cutting plant in Scotland, anything done in premises approved for the same purpose in another part of the British Islands shall be treated as if it had been approved in Scotland.

(4) Where these Regulations require that a thing is authorised by or done under the supervision or control of the Scottish Ministers, a thing authorised by or done under the supervision or control of the equivalent authority for the same purpose in another part of the British Islands shall be treated as if it had been authorised or done by the Scottish Ministers.