Scottish Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 371
Agriculture
Animals
Food
Plant Health
The Official Controls and Import Conditions (Transitional Periods) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2022
Made
13th December 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
14th December 2022
Coming into force
1st January 2023
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2 of Annex 6 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(1), and paragraph 10A(1) of schedule 2 of the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012(2) and of all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with Article 144(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, before making these Regulations, the Scottish Ministers consulted such bodies or persons as appeared to them to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by the regulations and such other bodies or persons as they considered appropriate.
EUR 2017/625. Annex 6 was inserted by S.I. 2020/1481. The Scottish Ministers are the appropriate authority in relation to Scotland by virtue of Article 3(2A)(c).
S.S.I. 2012/177. Paragraph 10A of schedule 2 was inserted by S.S.I. 2021/138.