The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendments to Title 2, Chapter 5, Section 6

15.—(1) In Article 77—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for the words from “Commission” to Article 144” substitute “appropriate authority may make regulations”;

(ii) in point (a), for “Member States” substitute “a fisheries administration”;

(iii) after point (a), insert—

“(aa) “fisheries administration” has the meaning given in Article 1(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy(1);”;

(iv) in points (c) and (i), for “the Union”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;

(v) in point (f), for “to an address in the Union” substitute “either to an address in Great Britain, or to an address in the Crown Dependencies via an entry point in Great Britain”;

(vi) in point (h), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(vii) after point (h) insert—

“(ha) consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 47(1) originating from, and returning to, the Crown Dependencies via a point of entry in Great Britain, following a refusal of entry by a third country;”;

(viii) omit point (j);

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for the words from “Commission” to “Article 144” substitute “appropriate authority may make regulations”;

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

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for the words from “Commission” to “lay” substitute “appropriate authority may make regulations laying”;

(ii) after point (b), insert—

“(ba) These rules may also include rules on the publication online of the certificates or documents referred to in points (a) and (b) (as the case may be) in the form specified from time to time by the appropriate authority;”;

(iii) omit the words from “Those” to the end.

(1)

Article 1 was substituted by regulation 3(2) of the Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739).