
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
(2) They come into force on 28th April 2024.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
(4) Regulations 2 and 3 apply to England only.
2 
In Commission Decision 2000/572/EC laying down animal and public health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of minced meat and meat preparations from third countries and repealing Decision 97/29/EC omit Article 3(3).
3 
In the Meat Preparations (Amendment and Transitory Modification) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 omit regulation 3.
4 
In the Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021, in regulation 2 (end of the transitional staging period) for “29th April 2024” substitute “31st January 2025”.
Douglas-Miller
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
At 10.03 a.m. on 22nd April 2024