
2021 No. 1480 (W. 382)
Exiting The European Union, Wales
Food, Wales
Animals, Wales
The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021
Approved by Senedd Cymru
Made at 11.03 a.m. on 22 December 2021
Laid before Senedd Cymru at 5.45 p.m. on 22 December 2021
Coming into force 30 December 2021

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—
(a) paragraph 11A(1) of Schedule 2 to the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011; and
(b) paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7, to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

The Welsh Ministers are of the opinion, that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make these Regulations without a draft of the instrument being laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.
Title and commencement
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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 30 December 2021.
Amendments to the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011
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(1) Schedule 5 (application of, derogations from, and modifications to, Part 3 in relation to territories subject to special transitional import arrangements) of the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 5 (derogation from regulation 14: timing of notification of importation)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (3)—
(i) for “From 1 January 2022” substitute “Subject to sub-paragraph (3A), from 1 January 2022”;
(ii) after “products of animal origin” insert “or animal by-products not already covered by sub-paragraph (2)(c)”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (3), insert—“
(3A) Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply to relevant goods which—
(a) are within the scope of Article 7 or Article 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain categories of animals and goods exempted from official controls at border control posts, specific controls on passengers’ personal luggage and on small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market; or
(b) are imported into Great Britain from the Republic of Ireland where the condition in paragraph (3B) is met.
(3B) The condition is that the goods were produced in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, and for these purposes goods are taken to be produced in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland if they are processed there.”;
(3) For paragraph 8(a) (modification of regulation 20: action following failure of checks or seizure – products) substitute—“
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) for “the checks at a border control post” there were substituted “checks”;
(ii) after “Official Controls Regulation” there were inserted “or, in the case of relevant goods, does not comply with the provisions of Schedule 5”;
(4) For paragraph 9 (modification of regulation 23: action following failure of checks or seizure – animals) substitute—“Regulation 23 applies as if, in paragraph (1)—
(a) for “the checks at a border control post” there were substituted “checks”;
(b) after “Official Controls Regulation” there were inserted “or, in the case of relevant goods, does not comply with the provisions of Schedule 5,”.
Amendment to the Meat Preparations (Amendment and Transitory Modification) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021
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Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd, one of the Welsh Ministers
At 11.03 a.m. on 22 December 2021