PART 3 U.K. Amendment of retained direct EU legislation

Commission Decision 2003/459/EC on certain protection measures with regard to monkey pox virus U.K.

41.—(1) Commission Decision 2003/459/EC on certain protection measures with regard to monkey pox virus is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a) for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate authority ”;

(b) after the text, insert—

“In this Decision, “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but 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.”.

(3) In Article 2, for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate authority ”.

(4) In Article 3—

(a) for “competent authorities of a Member State” substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

(b) for “as defined in Article 2 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC” substitute—

“, and for this purpose “establishment” means any permanent, geographically limited establishment, approved in accordance with legislation, where one or more species of animal are habitually kept or bred, whether or not for commercial ends, and exclusively for one or more of the following purposes:

• — display of the animals and education of the public

• — conservation of the species;

• — basic or applied scientific research or breeding of animals for the purposes of such research”.

(5) In Article 4—

(a) for “Member States” substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

(b) omit the last sentence.

(6) In Article 5, after “reviewed” insert “ by the appropriate authority ”.

(7) Omit Article 6.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 41 in force at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1(3)