Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
13. In Article 23—
(a)in paragraph 1, for “Union aid shall” substitute “Aid may”;
(b)in paragraph 3—
(i)for the words from “Member” to “shall” substitute “The relevant authority may”;
(ii)for “national circumstances” substitute “circumstances in the constituent nation”;
(c)in paragraph 4, for “their territory, Member States” substitute “the constituent nation, the relevant authority”;
(d)in paragraph 5—
(i)in the first subparagraph—
(aa)for “Member States consider” substitute “the relevant authority considers”;
(bb)for “they” substitute “it”;
(ii)in the second subparagraph, for “Union aid” substitute “aid referred to in paragraph 1”;
(e)in paragraph 6 in the second subparagraph—
(i)for “any Member State” substitute “the relevant authority”;
(ii)for the words from “obtaining” to “procedures” substitute “consulting the public bodies responsible for health and nutrition in the constituent nation”;
(f)omit paragraph 7;
(g)in paragraph 8, in the first subparagraph—
(i)for the words from the beginning to “level”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “The relevant authority must ensure that there is a strategy in place for the implementation of the scheme in the constituent nation for any period during which it intends to make payments under the scheme. The strategy may cover a period of up to six years and may be amended by the relevant authority at any time”;
(ii)at the end, insert “Where the relevant authorities agree, the strategy may be a single strategy in respect of the United Kingdom as a whole.”;
(h)in paragraph 9—
(i)for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”;
(ii)for “their strategies” substitute “its strategy”;
(iii)for the second sentence substitute “In drawing up that list, the relevant authority must consult, where appropriate, the public bodies responsible for health and nutrition in the constituent nation.”;
(i)in paragraph 10, for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”;
(j)in paragraph 11—
(i)in the first subparagraph—
(aa)for “Member States”, in both places it occurs, substitute “The relevant authority”;
(bb)for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;
(ii)in the second subparagraph—
(aa)for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”;
(bb)for “their strategies” substitute “its strategy”.