Scottish Statutory Instruments
Exiting The European Union
Plant Health
Seeds
Made
18th February 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
22nd February 2021
Coming into force
1st April 2021
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 11M(1) of schedule 2 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(1), Articles 22 and 144 of 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(2) (“the Official Controls Regulation”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with Article 144(7) of the Official Controls Regulation, before making these Regulations the Scottish Ministers have consulted such bodies and persons as appear to them to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations and other such bodies or persons as they consider appropriate.
2018 c.16. Paragraph 11M was inserted by section 22 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c.1).
EUR 2017/625, amended by S.I. 2020/1481, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.