Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Zoonoses and Animal By-‘Products (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 and come into force on 1st January 2010.

Amendments to the Zoonoses and Animal By-Products (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

2.–(1) The Zoonoses and Animal By-Products (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2009(2) are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)–

(a) after the definition of "the 2003 Regulations", insert–

""the Commission Regulation" means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 584/2008 of 20 June 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a Community target for the reduction of the prevalence of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium in turkeys(3);"; and

(b) at the end of the definition of "official control samples", insert–

"; or

(d) point 1(b) of the Annex to the Commission Regulation".

(3) In the Schedule–

(a) in entry 7 (conducting tests under point 4(b)(i) of part D of Annex II to the European Regulation), in column 1, at the end insert "or under points 2 and 3 of the Annex to the Commission Regulation";

(b) in entry 8 (conducting tests under point 4(b)(ii) of part D of Annex II to the European Regulation), in column 1, at the end insert "or under points 2 and 3 of the Annex to the Commission Regulation"; and

(c) in entry 9 (conducting tests under point 4(b)(iii) of part D of Annex II to the European Regulation), in column 1, at the end insert "or under points 2 and 3 of the Annex to the Commission Regulation".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Zoonoses and Animal By-‘Products (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 ("the principal Regulations").

They make provision for the Scottish Ministers to charge fees for conducting tests required under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 584/2008 which is implemented by the Control of Salmonella in Turkey Flocks (Scotland) Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/417).

Regulation 2(2) inserts a definition for Commission Regulation (EC) No. 584/2008 into the principal Regulations. Regulation 2(3) amends the Schedule to the principal Regulations to include the tests required under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 584/2008 in the activities for which fees are payable.

A regulatory impact assessment in relation to the control of salmonella in turkey flocks, including the costs of sampling has been prepared. A copy has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Reference Centre. Copies can be obtained from the offices of the Scottish Government Rural Directorate at Pentland House, 47 Robb´s Loan, Edinburgh EH14 1TY.