PART 3Amendment of subordinate legislation

Amendment of the Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 200916.

(1)

The Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2009 M1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3(1)—

(a)

omit the definition of “Council Directive 1999/74/EC”;

(b)

after the definition of “enforcement authority” insert—

““the English welfare regulations” means the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007;”;

(c)

for the definition of “region” substitute—

““region” means a region listed in Schedule 5;”;

(d)

after the definition of ‘Single CMO Regulation’ insert—

““third country” means any country or territory other than—

(a)

the United Kingdom,

(b)

the Bailiwick of Guernsey,

(c)

the Bailiwick of Jersey, or

(d)

the Isle of Man.”.

(3)

For regulation 13(3) substitute—

“(3)

The conditions are the conditions in the following provisions of Schedule 2 to the English Welfare regulations—

(a)

paragraph 2(d),

(b)

paragraph 2(e),

(c)

paragraph 5,

(d)

paragraph 6(a), and

(e)

paragraph 6(b).”.

(4)

For regulation 14(3) substitute—

“(3)

The conditions are the conditions in the following provisions of Schedule 2 to the English welfare regulations—

(a)

paragraph 2(d),

(b)

paragraph 2(e),

(c)

paragraph 5,

(d)

paragraph 6(a), and

(e)

paragraph 6(b).”.

(5)

In regulation 19—

(a)

for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)

The authorised officer may take with them such other persons as they consider necessary.”.

(b)

omit paragraph (14).

(6)

In Schedule 1, in Part 2 in the Table, omit the 6th row (Article 3(7)).

(7)

In Schedule 2, in Part 2, in the Table—

(a)

in the 2nd row (Article 2(2)), omit the text in the second column;

(b)

omit the 18th to 20th rows (relating to Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008);

(c)

in the 21st row (Article 9(1)), for the text in the second column substitute “ regulation 3 of the Registration of Establishments (Laying Hens) (England) Regulations 2003 ”;

(d)

in the 26th row (Article 12(2), fourth sub-paragraph), in the second column, for “Chapter III of Council Directive 1999/74/EC” substitute “ Schedule 4 to the English welfare regulations ”.

(8)

After Schedule 4 insert—

“SCHEDULE 5REGIONS

Regulation 3(1)

Table 1

Name of Region

Area Included

East Midlands

County of Derby

County of Derbyshire

County of Leicester

County of Leicestershire

County of Lincolnshire

County of Northamptonshire

County of Nottingham

County of Nottinghamshire

County of Rutland

Eastern

County of Bedford

County of Central Bedfordshire

County of Cambridgeshire

County of Essex

County of Hertfordshire

County of Luton

County of Norfolk

County of Peterborough

County of Southend-on-Sea

County of Suffolk

County of Thurrock

London

Greater London

North East

County of Darlington

County of Durham

County of Hartlepool

County of Middlesbrough

County of Northumberland

County of Redcar and Cleveland

County of Stockton-on-Tees

County of Tyne and Wear

North West

County of Blackburn with Darwen

County of Blackpool

County of Cheshire East

County of Cheshire West and Chester

County of Cumbria

County of Greater Manchester

County of Halton

County of Lancashire

County of Merseyside

County of Warrington

South East

County of Berkshire

County of Brighton and Hove

County of Buckinghamshire

County of East Sussex

County of Hampshire

County of Isle of Wight

County of Kent

County of the Medway Towns

County of Milton Keynes

County of Oxfordshire

County of Portsmouth

County of Southampton

County of Surrey

County of West Sussex

South West

County of Bath and North East Somerset

County of Bournemouth

County of the City of Bristol

County of Cornwall

County of Devon

County of Dorset

County of Gloucestershire

County of North Somerset

County of Plymouth

County of Poole

County of Somerset

County of South Gloucestershire

County of Swindon

County of Torbay

County of Wiltshire

Isles of Scilly

West Midlands

County of Herefordshire

County of Shropshire

County of Staffordshire

County of Stoke-on-Trent

County of Telford and Wrekin

County of Warwickshire

County of West Midlands

County of Worcestershire

Yorkshire and the Humber

County of the City of Kingston upon Hull

County of the East Riding of Yorkshire

County of North East Lincolnshire

County of North Lincolnshire

County of North Yorkshire

County of South Yorkshire

County of West Yorkshire

County of York”.