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

Amendments to Title 2, Chapter 2, Section 2

6.—(1) In Article 16—

(a) in paragraph 2, in the opening words, for the words from “adopting” to “Commission” substitute “making regulations provided for in this Section, the appropriate authority”;

(b) in paragraph 3—

(i) in the opening words—

(aa) for the words from “adopting” to “implementing acts” substitute “making regulations”;

(bb) for “Commission” substitute “appropriate authority”;

(ii) in point (a), for “delegated acts and implementing acts” substitute “regulations”.

(2) In Article 18—

(a) in paragraph 7, in the opening words, for the words from “Commission” to “Article 144” substitute “appropriate authority may make regulations”;

(b) in paragraph 8—

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

(ii) omit the final subparagraph;

(c) in paragraph 9—

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

(ii) omit the words from “Those national measures” to the end.

(3) In Article 19—

(a) in paragraph 2—

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

(ii) for “Those delegated acts” substitute “Those regulations”;

(b) in paragraph 3—

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

(ii) in point (c), for “108” substitute “107”;

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

(4) In Article 20—

(a) in paragraph 2, in the opening words—

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

(ii) omit “Union”;

(iii) for “Those delegated acts” substitute “Those regulations”;

(b) in paragraph 3—

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

(ii) omit the words from “Those implementing acts” to the end.

(5) In Article 21—

(a) in paragraph 2(a) and (b), for “between Member States and with” in each place where it occurs, substitute “from Great Britain to”;

(b) in paragraph 6—

(i) in point (a), for “Member States” substitute “competent authority”;

(ii) in points (b) and (c), for “Member State” in both places where it occurs, substitute “competent authority”;

(c) in paragraph 8—

(i) in the opening words—

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

(bb) for “Union” substitute “the”;

(cc) for “Those delegated acts” substitute “Those regulations”;

(ii) in point (d), for “108” substitute “107”;

(d) in paragraph 9—

(i) in the opening words—

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

(bb) omit “Union”;

(ii) omit the final subparagraph.

(6) In Article 22—

(a) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the opening words—

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

(bb) for “Union” substitute “the”;

(cc) for “Those delegated acts” substitute “Those regulations”;

(ii) in point (a), for “in the Union” substitute “within Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph 3—

(i) in the opening words—

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

(bb) for “Union” substitute “the”;

(ii) omit the final subparagraph.

(7) In Article 23—

(a) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the opening words—

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

(bb) for “Those delegated acts” substitute “Those regulations”;

(ii) in point (a)—

(aa) in point (i), after “in accordance with” insert “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain which transposed”;

(bb) in point (ii), for “point (e) of Article 13(2) of Directive 2001/18/EC” substitute “the monitoring plan referred to in Regulation 16(2)(g) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002(1) or corresponding legislation in force in any of the constituent territories of Great Britain(2)”;

(b) in paragraph 3—

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

(ii) in point (a)—

(aa) after “in accordance with” insert “the legislation which transposed”;

(bb) after “Directive 2001/18/EC” insert “in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain”;

(iii) in point (b), for “point (e) of Article 13(2) of Directive 2001/18/EC” substitute “regulation 16(2)(g) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002 or corresponding legislation in force in any of the constituent territories of Great Britain”;

(iv) omit the final subparagraph.

(8) In Article 24—

(a) in paragraph 2(a), for the words from “Article 8” to the end substitute “regulation 11 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017(3), or, as the case may be, section 8 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003(4);”;

(b) in paragraph 3—

(i) in the opening words—

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

(bb) for “Those delegated acts” substitute “Those regulations”;

(ii) in point (a), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(c) in paragraph 4—

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

(ii) in point (a), for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(iii) omit the final subparagraph.

(9) In Article 25—

(a) In the opening words, for the words from “Commission” to “lay” substitute “appropriate authority may make regulations laying”;

(b) omit point (b);

(c) in point (c), for “108” substitute “107”;

(d) omit the final subparagraph.

(10) In Article 26—

(a) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the opening words, for the words from “Commission” to “by” substitute “appropriate authority may make regulations”;

(ii) for “Those delegated acts” substitute “Those regulations”;

(b) in paragraph 3—

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

(ii) in point (a), for “108” substitute “107”;

(iii) omit the final subparagraph.

(11) In Article 27—

(a) in paragraph 1, in the opening words—

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

(ii) for “Those delegated acts”, in both places where the words occur, substitute “Those regulations”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

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

(ii) omit the words from “Those implementing acts” to the end;

(c) omit paragraph 3.

(1)

S.I. 2002/2443. Regulation 16(2)(g) is amended by S.I. 2019/88.

(2)

Regulation 16(2)(g) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/541) and regulation 17(2)(g) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release)(Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3188).

(3)

S.I. 2017/407. Regulation 11 is amended by S.I. 2019/558.

(4)

2003 asp. 3.