Amendment to the 2006 RegulationsU.K.
20.—(1) The 2006 Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1), in the paragraph defining Community legislation, after “Directive 2004/41,” add “Regulation 999/2001”.
(3) In Schedule 1, after the definition of “Directive 2004/41”, insert—
“ “Regulation 999/2001” means Regulation (EC) 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1) as defined (as “the Community TSE Regulation”) in the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2006(2) and as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) 1041/2006 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine animals(3);”.
(4) In Schedule 3, in the definition of “relevant food law”, in paragraph (a)—
(a)after sub-paragraph (vi) delete “and”;
(b)at the end of paragraph (vii) add—
“, and
(viii)the matters regulated under Schedule 2 to the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 in so far as that Schedule applies in relation to animals slaughtered for human consumption, together with the matters covered under point 2 of Part II of Chapter A of Annex III to Regulation 999/2001 in so far as that point applies in relation to animals slaughtered for human consumption”.