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Animal, Aquaculture, Health and Welfare Legislation: Amendment: Law Drafting Instructions

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A decision made on 15 November 2018

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2018-0078

Decision Summary

Title :

 

Approval to request law drafting to amend animal and aquaculture health and welfare legislation.

Date of Decision Summary:

24 October 2018

Decision Summary Author:

States Veterinary Officer

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

n/a

Written Report

Title:

Approval to request law drafting to amend animal and aquaculture health and welfare legislation.

Date of Written

Report:

24 October 2018

Written Report  Author:

States Veterinary Officer

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:  

Approval to request law drafting to amend animal and aquaculture health and animal welfare legislation

Decision(s):

The Minister approved the request for law drafting to amend certain animal and aquaculture health and welfare legislation in light of the UK’s decision to exit the EU.

Reason(s) for decision:

Amendments are required to update a number of pieces of animal and aquaculture health and animal welfare legislation, so that they continue to have effect, in light of the UK’s decision to exit the EU.     

Resource Implications:

There are no financial or manpower resource implications.

Action required:

Principal Legislative Drafter requested to draft amendment to the required animal and aquaculture health and animal welfare legislation for consideration by the Minister.

Signature: 

 

 

 

Deputy John Young

Position:

 

 

 

Minister for the Environment

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision:

 

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Animal, Aquaculture, Health and Welfare Legislation: Amendment: Law Drafting Instructions

 

 GROWTH HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENT

 

Approval to request legislative drafting for amendments to animal and aquaculture health and animal welfare legislation in light of the UK’s decision to exit the EU.

 

 

Purpose of the Report

 

For the Minister to request legislative drafting time to make amendments to animal and aquaculture health and animal welfare legislation in light of the UK’s decision to exit the EU. 
 

Background

 

The UK’s decision to exit the European Union (EU), commonly known as BREXIT, has some significant impact for certain sectors of the economy and the legislative framework that supports it. This is particularly true of those areas covered by Protocol 3 of the UK’s Accession Treaty which includes animal and aquaculture health and animal welfare. BREXIT requires amendments to a wide range of animal and aquaculture health and animal welfare legislation to reflect the cessation of Protocol 3.    

 

Details
 

Protocol 3 of the UK Accession Treaty provides a way for the Crown Dependencies (CDs) to trade with the EU in the agri-food sector. The EU formalised the protocol in legislation (EEC/706/73) which applied the same rules to the CDs as the UK for the trade in agricultural products. These rules included veterinary legislation, animal and aquaculture health legislation, plant health legislation, marketing of seeds and seedlings, food legislation, feedstuffs legislation and quality and marketing standards.

The UK’s decision to leave the EU will end this relationship. In order to continue to trade in agricultural products, continuation or standard and equivalence, and allow movement of animals to and from the EU and other jurisdictions amendments are required to certain pieces of animal health and welfare legislation. 

  

 

Recommendation

 

The Minister is recommended to request law drafting time for amendments to animal health and welfare legislation.

 

Written by:

States Veterinary Officer

 

 

Approved by: 

Director , Natural Environment

 

Ministerial Decision Case Ref: MD-PE-2018-0078

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