The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

The Wine Regulations 2011

11.—(1) The Wine Regulations 2011 are amended as follows.

(2) For any reference to “European Regulations” substitute “retained EU Regulations”.

(3) After regulation 1(3) insert—

“(4) All the other provisions extend to Great Britain.”.

(4) In regulation 2—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for “EU instruments” substitute “any of the Regulations listed in the definition of “the retained EU Regulations” in paragraph (2)”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in the definition of “the Agency”, in sub-paragraph (a), for “, Wales and Northern Ireland” substitute “and Wales”;

(ii) omit the definition of “premises” and after the definition of “authorised officer” insert—

““premises” includes any land or vehicle;”.

(5) In regulation 3—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) The local authority enforces the retained EU Regulations in relation to retail sale.”;

(b) omit paragraphs (4) and (8).

(c) after paragraph (9) insert—

“(10) In this regulation—

(a) “general customs official” means a general customs official designated under section 3(1) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009(1);

(b) “local authority” means an authority (other than the council of a non-metropolitan district) that is a food authority for the purposes of the Food Safety Act 1990(2).”.

(6) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) at the beginning insert “In respect of Great Britain,”;

(ii) omit “, and acts as the Member State for,”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) omit “or Member State”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (b);

(c) in paragraph (3) omit sub-paragraph (b).

(7) For regulation 8(4) substitute—

“(4) An authorised officer entering any premises by virtue of this regulation or regulation 9 may be accompanied by such other person as the officer considers necessary.”.

(8) In regulation 9—

(a) in paragraph (1), in the words before sub-paragraph (a) omit the words from “or in Northern” to “writing,”;

(b) for paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5) In this regulation, in Scotland, a reference to a justice of the peace includes a sheriff.”.

(9) In regulation 16(2) omit sub-paragraph (d).

(1)

2009 c. 11.

(2)

1990 c. 16; section 5 of the Act was amended by paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), paragraph 163(2) of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) and Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 5).