The Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture, Animals, and Marketing of Seed, Plant and Propagating Material (Legislative Functions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

PART 2 U.K. Amendments to EU Exit domestic legislation

CHAPTER 1 U.K. Amendments to legislation relating to alien and locally absent species in aquaculture

Amendment of the Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 U.K.

2.—(1) The Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 9—

(a) in paragraph (2)—

(i) for sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute—

“(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(ii) omit the words from “taking place” to the end;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “Great Britain”;

(c) in paragraph 3, for “the jurisdiction of Member States” substitute “Great Britain”;

(d) in paragraph 4, for the words from “comply with” to the end substitute “are closed ornamental facilities within the meaning of Article 2(a) of Commission Regulation 1251/2008(2).”;”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (e), for paragraph (ii) substitute—

“(ii) for “their territory” substitute “the constituent GB territory for which it is responsible”;”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (g), for paragraph (ii) substitute—

“(ii) for “their territory” substitute “the constituent GB territory for which it is responsible”;”;

(b) in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) for paragraph 18 substitute—

“18.   ‘the appropriate authority’ means—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

but the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State if consent is given—

(a) in relation to Wales, by the Welsh Ministers;

(b) in relation to Scotland, by the Scottish Ministers;”;

(d) for paragraph 19 substitute—

“19.   ‘constituent GB territory’ means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be.”.”;

(c) in paragraph (5), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) in paragraph 1—

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

(ii) after “biodiversity” insert “in Great Britain”;”;

(d) in paragraph (6)(b), in the substituted words, for “appropriate” substitute “competent”;

(e) in paragraph (11)—

(i) for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a) in paragraph 2, for “the territory of the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) for paragraph 3, substitute—

“3.   The quarantine facility may be located in a constituent GB territory which is not the constituent GB territory in which the receiving aquaculture facility is located, provided that the appropriate authorities concerned agree and that this option has been included in the risk assessment under Article 9.”;”;

(f) for paragraph (13) substitute—

“(13) In Article 21, for the unnumbered paragraph substitute—

“1.   The competent authority may, in exceptional cases and subject to approval where required by paragraph 2, require quarantine in accordance with Article 15(2), (3) and (4) before release of species from non-routine translocations into open aquaculture facilities.

2.   Where the appropriate authority is a different person to the competent authority, prior approval of the appropriate authority is required. The request for approval by the appropriate authority must indicate the reasons why quarantine is required. The appropriate authority must reply to such requests within 30 days.”.”;

(g) in paragraph (14), omit sub-paragraph (b);

(h) for paragraph (17) substitute—

“(17) In Annex 3—

(a) in the second paragraph—

(i) omit “in the Member State of its location”;

(ii) for the last sentence, substitute—

“If the quarantine facility is not located in the constituent GB territory into which the alien species is to be introduced or the locally absent species is to be translocated (“the receiving constituent GB territory”), the advisory committee responsible for the quarantine facility and the advisory committee in the receiving constituent GB territory must agree on the duration.”;

(b) in the paragraphs under the heading “Mortalities and disposal”—

(i) after “competent authority”, in both places where it occurs, insert “responsible for the facility”;

(ii) in the second paragraph, for “and Member States” substitute “, which”.”.

(3) In regulation 10—

(a) for paragraphs (2) and (3) substitute—

“(2) In Article 2—

(a) in the words before point (a), for “Article 24(2)” substitute “Article 24(3)”;

(b) in point (b), for “a certain Member State” substitute “Great Britain”.

(3) After Article 2 insert—

“Article 2a U.K. Interpretation

In this Regulation, “the appropriate authority” means—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

but the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State if consent is given—

(a) in respect of the functions exercisable in relation to Wales, by the Welsh Ministers;

(b) in respect of the functions exercisable in relation to Scotland, by the Scottish Ministers.”.”;

(b) after paragraph (7), insert—

“(8) In the Annex, in points 2.1.2.2, 3.2 and 3.4.3, omit “also in a second Community language (some lines)”.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion date, see reg. 1(2)(a)

Amendment of the Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 U.K.

3.—(1) Regulation 3 of the Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(3) is amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (2), insert—

“(2A) In regulations 6(1)(b) and 8(1), for the words “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.”.

(3) After paragraph (3), insert—

“(4) For regulation 25 substitute—

“25.   The competent authority may disclose information to—

(a) the equivalent authority in Scotland for the purposes of Council Regulation 708/2007, these Regulations, or legislation corresponding to these Regulations in Scotland;

(b) the equivalent authority in Northern Ireland for the purposes of Council Regulation 708/2007, as it has effect by virtue of section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(4), these Regulations, or legislation corresponding to these Regulations in Northern Ireland.”.”.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion date, see reg. 1(2)(a)

Amendment of the Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 U.K.

4.—(1) Regulation 42 of the Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(5) is amended as follows.

(2) Before paragraph (2), insert—

“(1A) In Article 23, for the second and third paragraphs substitute—

“To facilitate the sharing of information contained in its register, the appropriate authority must use the information system set out in Commission Regulation 535/2008(6).

The appropriate authority may, by regulations, amend provisions of Commission Regulation 535/2008 relating to the establishment and development of an information system.”.”.

(3) In paragraph (2)(a), in inserted paragraph 1A, after point (b), insert——

“(c) amend Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) 535/2008 to adapt the specifications for the conditions necessary for adding species to Annex 4, as provided for in paragraph 3.”.

(4) In paragraph (4)—

(a) in inserted Article 24d—

(i) in paragraph 1, for “Article 24(1)” substitute “Articles 23 and 24(1)”;

(ii) omit paragraphs 4 and 8;

(b) in inserted Article 24e—

(i) in paragraph 2, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(ii) omit paragraph 3(c);

(iii) in paragraph 4—

(aa) for “any” substitute “either”;

(bb) for “to (c)” substitute “or (b)”.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion date, see reg. 1(2)(a)

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Amendments to legislation relating to aquatic animal health and animals

Amendment of the Aquatic Animal Health and Plant Health (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 U.K.

5.—(1) The Aquatic Animal Health and Plant Health (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(7) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2, in the definition of “the appropriate authority”—

(a) in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraph (d);

(b) in paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (c).

(3) In regulation 3—

(a) in the definition of “the other responsible authorities”, omit paragraph (c);

(b) in the definition of “third country”, for “United Kingdom” substitute “British Islands”.

(4) In regulation 4, in the words before paragraph (a), for “exit day” substitute “IP completion day”.

(5) After regulation 5 insert—

“Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008

5A.   In Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008, after Article 2, insert—

“Article 2a U.K. Interpretation: animal health certificates

In Articles 5 to 8a, 10 to 12, 14 and 16, “relevant model”, in relation to an animal health certificate, a joint public and animal health certificate or an addendum to an animal health certificate, means the model of that certificate or addendum, as published by the appropriate authority from time to time.”.”

(6) In regulation 6—

(a) in paragraph (3)—

(i) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c)—

(aa) in the words before sub-paragraph (i), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(bb) in sub-paragraph (i), omit “in the United Kingdom”;

(b) in paragraph (4)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “UK” substitute “GB”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(c) for paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5) In this regulation—

“Annex 1A” means Annex 1A to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008(8);

“constituent GB territory” means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be.”.

(7) In regulation 7—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the words before sub-paragraph (a) and in sub-paragraphs (c), (d), (e) and (g), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (f)—

(aa) for “made on behalf of the United Kingdom of the relevant competent authority” substitute “made of the relevant competent authority on behalf of the appropriate authority”;

(bb) for “to the United Kingdom” substitute “to the appropriate authority”;

(cc) for “at the request of the United Kingdom” substitute “at the request of the appropriate authority”;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) for “ third country” substitute “country or territory”;

(ii) omit “of that country”;

(iii) after “country”, in the third place where it occurs, insert “or territory (as the case may be)”;

(iv) for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

(c) in paragraph (5), for the definition of “relevant competent authority” substitute—

““relevant competent authority”, in relation to a country or territory, means the authority or authorities of that country or territory concerned with official responsibility for aquatic animal health.”.

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion date, see reg. 1(2)(a)

Amendment of the Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 U.K.

6.—(1) The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(9) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3—

(a) in paragraph (3), in inserted Article 2a—

(i) in paragraph 1, omit point (d);

(ii) in paragraph 2, omit point (c);

(b) in paragraph (9), in inserted Article 9b—

(i) omit paragraphs 3 and 7;

(ii) in paragraph 5, for “National Assembly for Wales” substitute “Welsh Parliament”.

(3) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (3), in substituted Article 4, for paragraph 2 substitute—

“2.   The appropriate authority that introduced the safeguard measures must notify each affected exporting country of the reasons for introducing such measures.”;

(b) in paragraph (4), in substituted paragraph 7—

(i) after “each” insert “other”;

(ii) for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(c) in paragraph (8), in substituted paragraph 5, in the words before point (a), omit “Each authority which in relation to any part of the United Kingdom is”;

(d) in paragraph (16), in sub-paragraph (b), for “(f)” substitute “(g)”;

(e) in paragraph (17), in substituted Article 24—

(i) in paragraph 5, for “National Assembly for Wales” substitute “Welsh Parliament”;

(ii) omit paragraphs 3 and 7;

(f) in paragraph (19), for “paragraphs (19) and (20)”, substitute “paragraphs (20) and (21)”;

(g) in paragraph (21)(a), for paragraph (i) substitute—

“(i) in the fourth paragraph, for “Member States shall aim their monitoring programmes” substitute “The monitoring programmes must be designed by the Secretary of State, with the consent of each other authority which, in relation to any part of Great Britain, is the appropriate authority so as”;”;

(4) In regulation 5—

(a) in paragraph (3), in inserted Article 2a—

(i) in paragraph 1, omit point (d);

(ii) in paragraph 2, omit point (c);

(b) in paragraph (8), in inserted Article 12a—

(i) omit paragraphs 3 and 7;

(ii) in paragraph 5, for “National Assembly for Wales” substitute “Welsh Parliament”.

(5) In regulation 8—

(a) omit paragraph (2);

(b) in paragraph (8)(a)—

(i) for paragraph (i) substitute—

“(i) for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(ii) in paragraph (ii), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(c) in paragraph (9), in the inserted Article 17(3)—

(i) omit point (d);

(ii) in the words after point (b)—

(aa) for “any” substitute “either”

(bb) for “points (a) to (c)” substitute “point (a) or (b)”;

(d) in paragraph (22)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a)(ii), in the substituted subparagraph, for “Community legislation” substitute “retained EU law”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii), for sub-paragraph (aa) substitute—

“(aa) for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (c)—

(aa) in paragraph (i), in the substituted words, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(bb) for paragraph (ii) substitute—

“(ii) in point (c), for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;”;

(e) omit paragraphs (25) and (27);

(f) in paragraph (28), in substituted Article 52—

(i) omit paragraphs 3 and 7;

(ii) in paragraph 5, for “National Assembly for Wales” substitute “Welsh Parliament”.

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 6 in force at 31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion date, see reg. 1(2)(a)

Amendment of the Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 U.K.

7.—(1) The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(10) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3—

(a) in paragraph (3)(b)(ii), for inserted points (d) and (e) substitute—

“(d) ‘constituent territory’ means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be;

(e) ‘third country’ means a country or territory outside the British Islands;”;

(b) in paragraph (4), in inserted Article 2A, omit paragraphs 1(c) and 2(b);

(c) for paragraph (12), substitute—

“(12) Omit Article 9.”;

(d) in paragraph (13)(d)(ii), in the substituted sentence, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(e) in paragraph (18)—

(i) in inserted Article 17A—

(aa) omit paragraphs 4 and 8;

(bb) in paragraph 6, for “National Assembly for Wales” substitute “Welsh Parliament”;

(ii) in inserted Article 17B—

(aa) in paragraph 2, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(bb) omit paragraph 3(c);

(cc) in paragraph 4 for “any of the parties mentioned in paragraph (a) to (c)” substitute “either of the parties mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b)”.

(3) In regulation 6(3)(b), in inserted paragraph 5, omit point (d).

(4) In regulation 7—

(a) in paragraph (3), in inserted Article 1A, for “, in relation to the United Kingdom, means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland” substitute “means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be”;

(b) in paragraph (9)(a), for “export to a member State” substitute “export to a member State or movement to Northern Ireland,”.

(5) In regulation 8(3), in inserted Article 1A, for “, in relation to the United Kingdom, means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland” substitute “means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be”

(6) In regulation 9(3), in inserted Article 1A, for “, in relation to the United Kingdom, means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland” substitute “means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be”.

(7) In regulation 10—

(a) in paragraph (3), in inserted Article 1A, for “, in relation to the United Kingdom, means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland” substitute “means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be”;

(b) in paragraph (6)(c), in paragraphs (i) and (ii), for “export to a member State” substitute “export to a member State or movement to Northern Ireland”.

Commencement Information

I6 Reg. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion date, see reg. 1(2)(a)

(1)

S. I. 2019/451, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations. S.I. 2019/451 comes into force on IP completion day by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1).

(2)

EUR 2008/1251, which is prospectively amended by S.I. 2019/451 and 795.

(3)

S.I. 2019/452, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. S.I. 2019/452 comes into force on IP completion day by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1).

(4)

2018 c. 16; section 7A was inserted by section 5 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1).

(5)

S.I. 2019/753, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. S.I. 2019/753 comes into force on IP completion day by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1).

(6)

EUR 2008/535, which is prospectively amended by S.I. 2019/451.

(7)

S.I. 2019/817.

(8)

Annex 1A was inserted by regulation 2(19) of S.I. 2019/451.

(9)

S.I. 2019/588; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(10)

S.I. 2019/740.