PART 3Amendment of retained direct EU legislation
Amendment of Chapter 3 (early detection and rapid eradication)7
1
Chapter 3 is amended as follows.
2
In Article 14—
a
in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “the appropriate authority”;
b
in paragraph 2—
i
in point (a), for “the territory, including marine territorial waters, of the Member States” substitute “England, Wales and Northern Ireland”;
ii
in point (b), for “the territory or part of the territory of a Member State” substitute “England, Wales and Northern Ireland”;
iii
in point (c), after “set out in” insert “ retained EU law which transposed”.
3
In Article 15—
a
in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “the Secretary of State”;
b
in paragraph 3, for the second sentence substitute “In paragraphs 4 to 6 and 8, “the competent authority” means the authority responsible for carrying out the official controls mentioned in paragraph 2.”;
c
in paragraph 4(a)—
i
omit “referred to in paragraph 3”;
ii
after “in accordance with”, insert “retained EU law which implemented or transposed”;
d
in paragraph 5—
i
in point (b) omit “referred to in paragraph 3”;
ii
in the second subparagraph, for “Member States” substitute “The Secretary of State”;
e
in paragraph 6, for “Member State concerned” substitute “competent authority”;
f
in paragraph 7, for “Member States” substitute “The Secretary of State”;
g
in paragraph 8, for the words from “the Commission” to “shall” substitute “the Secretary of State, together with the competent authority, must”.
4
In Article 16—
a
in paragraph 1, for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”;
b
in paragraph 2—
i
for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”;
ii
for “the Commission” substitute “other responsible authorities”;
iii
omit “inform the other Member States”.
5
In Article 17—
a
in paragraph 1, for “the Commission and inform the other Member States” substitute “the other responsible authorities”;
b
for “Member States”, in paragraphs 1 and 2, substitute “the appropriate authority”;
c
for “Member States”, in paragraphs 3 and 4, substitute “The appropriate authority”;
d
in paragraph 4—
i
for “the Commission”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “the other responsible authorities”;
ii
omit the last sentence.
6
In Article 18—
a
in paragraph 1—
i
for “A Member State may” substitute “The responsible authorities, acting jointly, may”;
ii
omit the second subparagraph;
b
omit paragraphs 2 and 3;
c
in paragraph 4—
i
for “Member States”, in the first place where it occurs, substitute “The appropriate authority”;
ii
for “Member States”, in the second place where it occurs, substitute “parts of the United Kingdom”;
d
in paragraph 5—
i
for the words from “the Commission” to “subparagraph of” substitute “the responsible authorities decide not to make a decision referred to in”;
ii
for “the Member State concerned” substitute “the appropriate authority”;
e
in paragraph 6, for the words “Commission does not reject a decision notified in accordance with the second paragraph of” substitute “responsible authorities make a decision referred to in”.