The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
The purpose of this instrument is to make deficiency amendments under the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“the Withdrawal Act”) to EU-derived domestic legislation that implements and provides for the enforcement retained direct EU legislation, the Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and welfare rules (“the EC Regulation”). The amendments in this instrument enable the England-only statutory instrument to function immediately after EU exit.
Statutory instrument
Explanatory memorandum
Sifting committee recommendation
The sifting committee agreed with the government that this statutory instrument doesn’t need to be debated in parliament.