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”.