The Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Made: 4th April 2013

Laid before Parliament: 10th April 2013

Coming into force: 6th May 2013

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Title and commencement

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Amendment of the Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1997

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Signed

Richard Benyon — Parliamentary Under Secretary — 2013-04-04

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1999/2027.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1972/1811.

[^f00004]: OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 (OJ No L 188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

[^f00005]: OJ No L 125, 23.5.1996, p.3, as last amended by Directive 2008/97/EC (OJ No L 318, 28.11.2008, p.9).

[^f00006]: OJ No L 125, 23.5.1996, p.10, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 (OJ No L 188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

[^f00007]: OJ No L 15, 20.1.2010, p.1, as last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1191/2012 (OJ No L 340, 13.12.2012, p.35).

[^f00008]: Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and amended by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

[^f00009]: 1990 c. 16.

[^f00010]: The powers, so far as they are exercisable in relation to England, were transferred by article 2(6) of the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141) to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly, and by article 2(3) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794) to the Secretary of State. In so far as they are exercisable in relation to Scotland, they were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) but the Secretary of State retains a concurrent power to exercise them under section 57(1) of that Act. In so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, they were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and then transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). However the Ministers of the Crown responsible retained a concurrent power to exercise them under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38); that concurrent power became vested in the Secretary of State in consequence of section 40 of and Schedules 5 and 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28), but subject to any power of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, saved by regulation 13 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/656), to join in making regulations in relation to residues of veterinary products; that joint power was transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2(3) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002. Schedule 3 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 was repealed by the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32); the concurrent power of Ministers of the Crown is now contained in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to that Act.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1997/1729 relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/755 and 2009/1925.

[^f00012]: OJ No L 125, 23.5.1996, p.3, as last amended by Directive 2008/97/EC (OJ No L 318, 28.11.2008, p.9).

[^f00013]: OJ No L 125, 23.5.1996, p.10, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 (OJ No L 188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

[^f00014]: OJ No L 152, 16.6.2009, p.11.

[^f00015]: The definition of “unauthorised substance” was substituted by S.I. 2006/755.

[^f00016]: Regulation 2(3A) was inserted by S.I. 2006/755; a relevant amendment was made by S.I. 2009/1925.

[^f00017]: Regulation 9 was substituted by S.I. 2006/755.

[^f00018]: Regulation 20 was substituted by S.I. 2006/755.

Editorial notes

[^key-56d82fe44c9148d58aef5b59a0651a73]: Regulations revoked (E.S.) (1.7.2015) by The Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits)(England and Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/787), regs. 1(1), 33, Sch. Regulations revoked (W.) (28.3.2019) by The Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/569), reg. 1(3), Sch.

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