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The Animal Welfare and Food Safety (International Professional Qualification Recognition Agreement Implementation) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

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These Regulations amend legislation relating to persons who may carry out the killing of animals or act as a food examiner in Scotland for the purpose of, and in connection with, implementing provisions relating to the recognition of professional qualifications contained in the free trade agreement between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway (“the specified EFTA states”) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland made at London on 8 July 2021.

Regulation 2 amends the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Scotland) Regulations 2012 to allow for the recognition of qualifications attained in the specified EFTA states relating to slaughter operations.

Regulation 3 amends Schedule 2 (qualifications of food examiners) of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 to include qualifications relevant to food examination attained from universities in, and aggregate time spent examining food in government and university laboratories in, the specified EFTA states.

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