The Animal Breeding (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendments to Chapter 1 (General provisions)

3.—(1) In Article 1—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in point (a), for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(ii) in point (h), omit “and rules for enforcement by Member States”;

(iii) omit point (i);

(b) omit paragraph 5.

(2) In Article 2—

(a) at the end of point (1) insert—

“(1A) ‘appropriate authority’ means, subject to point (1B)—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(d) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

(1B) the ‘appropriate authority’ is the Secretary of State, if consent is given by—

(a) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(c) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;”;

(b) in points (5) and (6), in each place it occurs, after “by the competent authority of” insert “a constituent territory of the United Kingdom or of”;

(c) in point (7), for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(d) in point (8)—

(i) in the words before point (a)—

(aa) after “the authorities of” insert “a constituent territory of the United Kingdom or of”;

(bb) after “this Regulation” insert “or, in relation to a member State, the EU Regulation”;

(ii) in point (c), after “other” insert “competent authorities in the United Kingdom,”;

(e) after point (8), insert—

“(8A) ‘the EU Regulation’ means Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry in the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof, as it has effect in EU law, as amended from time to time(1);

(8B) ‘third country’ means a country outside the United Kingdom which is not a member State;”;

(f) for point (21) substitute—

“(21) ‘entering the United Kingdom’ or ‘entry into the United Kingdom’ means the action of bringing breeding animals or their germinal products into the United Kingdom;”;

(g) in point (22), for the words from “Union” to the end substitute “United Kingdom”;

(h) in point (24), for the words from “a Member State” to “that Member State” substitute “an appropriate authority to be endangered, genetically adapted to one or more traditional productions systems or environments in the United Kingdom”;

(i) at the end of point (26), insert—

“(27) ‘constituent territory of the United Kingdom’ means England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland.”.

(3) In Article 3, in the heading and in paragraph 1, in each place it occurs, for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(1)

OJ No L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 66.