Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 875 of 2009)

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2009 No. 875 AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 Made - - - - 1st April 2009 Laid before Parliament 8th April 2009 Coming into force - - 1st May 2009 The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(a) for the purposes of making Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, and makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section. Title, application and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009; they apply in England and come into force on 1st May 2009. Amendment to the Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) Regulations 2006 2. The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) Regulations 2006(c) are amended by replacing paragraphs (7) and (8) of regulation 4 with the following paragraph— “(7) Part 3 (with the exception of regulation 25) and Parts 4 to 9 do not apply in relation to the products of animal origin specified in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 on the introduction into the Community of personal consignments of products of animal origin(d).”. Jane Kennedy Minister of State 1st April 2009 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (a) S. I. 1972/1811. (b) 1972 c. 68. (c) S. I. 2006/2841 as last amended by S. I. 2008/3230. (d) OJ No L77, 24.3.2009, p. 1. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations further amend the Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) Regulations 2006 to take account of the changes in personal imports permitted from third countries brought about by Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 on the introduction into the Community of personal consignments of products of animal origin. An Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen. £4.00 E4148 4/2009 194148T 19585 9 780111 478073 ISBN 978-0-11-147807-3 Crown copyright 2009 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament.