The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Made: 26th November 2018

Laid before Parliament: 27th November 2018

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 and come into force on exit day.

Amendments to the Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) Regulations 2006

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• (1) The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) Regulations 2006[^f00002] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 6, omit “and other member States”.

• (3) In Part 3, in the heading, omit “Community”.

• (4) In regulation 10—

• (a) in the heading, for “Community” substitute “Experts involved in”;

• (b) in the words before paragraph (a), omit “to be carried out by Commission experts pursuant to Article 45”.

• (5) Omit regulation 12.

• (6) In regulation 14(1)(d), omit “or 12”.

• (7) In regulation 17(1)(c), for “, 10 or 12” substitute “or 10”.

Signed

Lord Gardiner of Kimble — Parliamentary under Secretary of State — Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs — 26th November 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations are made in exercise of powers conferred by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under paragraphs (a), (d) and (g) of section 8(2)) arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.

These Regulations make amendments to the Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3472).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2018 c. 16.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2006/3472, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.