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

Amendments to Title 4

19.—(1) In Article 102—

(a) for paragraph 1 substitute—

“1.   Competent authorities may provide administrative assistance to other competent authorities (whether a competent authority of the British Islands or of a third country).”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Member State”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “constituent territory of the British Islands”;

(c) in paragraph 3, for “national law” substitute “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of the British Islands”;

(d) in paragraph 4, for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authorities”;

(e) omit paragraph 6.

(2) In Article 103—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “Each Member State”, substitute “Competent authorities”;

(b) in paragraph 2, omit “in different Member States”;

(c) for paragraph 3, substitute—

“3.   Competent authorities must—

(a) publish online the contact details of their liaison bodies designated in accordance with paragraph 1; and

(b) ensure that the information published in accordance with point (a) is kept up to date.”.

(d) omit paragraphs 4 to 6.

(3) In Article 104(1)—

(a) omit “in a Member State”;

(b) for “their territory” substitute “the territory for which they are responsible”;

(c) for “the competent authorities of another Member State” substitute “another competent authority”;

(d) for “the competent authorities of that Member State” substitute “that competent authority”;

(e) in point (c), for “Union” substitute “the relevant”.

(4) In Article 105(1)—

(a) for “the competent authorities in a Member State become” substitute “a competent authority becomes”;

(b) for “Member State”, in the second place where it occurs, substitute “competent authority of a constituent territory of the British Islands”;

(c) for “the competent authorities of that other Member State” substitute “that other competent authority”.

(5) In Article 106—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “another Member State” substitute “another constituent territory of the British Islands”;

(ii) for “Member State of dispatch”, substitute “constituent territory of the British Islands from which the animals or goods were dispatched”;

(iii) for “concerned Member State” substitute “constituent territory concerned”;

(b) omit paragraphs 3 and 4.

(6) In Article 107—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in point (a), for the words from “competent authorities” to “Member States” substitute “other competent authorities in the British Islands”;

(ii) omit point (b);

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in point (b), for “Union rules” substitute “rules in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(ii) in point (c), omit “Union and”;

(7) Omit Article 108.