PART 1 Introduction

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Food and Feed (Maximum Permitted Levels of Radioactive Contamination) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on exit day.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, “ Regulation 2016/52 ” means Council Regulation (Euratom) 2016/52 laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of food and feed following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency, and repealing Regulation (Euratom) No. 3954/87 and Commission Regulations (Euratom) No. 944/89 and (Euratom) No. 770/90.

PART 2 Amendment of retained direct EU legislation

Amendment of Regulation 2016/52

3.Regulation 2016/52 is amended as follows.

4. In Article 1, omit the second paragraph.

5. In Article 2, at the end, insert—

“ (6) “ appropriate authority ” means—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7) “ Food Safety Authority ” means—

(i) as regards England and Wales , the Food Standards Agency;

(ii) as regards Scotland, Food Standards Scotland;

(8) “ prescribe ” means prescribe by regulations;

(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ” .

6. For Article 3, substitute—

“ 1. If the appropriate authority receives — in particular under the IAEA Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident of 26 September 1986 — official information on a nuclear accident or on any other case of radiological emergency which is likely to lead to or has led to significant radioactive contamination of food and feed, the appropriate authority must, subject to paragraph 6, prescribe measures which apply the applicable maximum permitted levels to the potentially contaminated food or feed that could be placed on the market.

2. If the Food Safety Authority receives official information of the kind described in paragraph 1, it must immediately notify the appropriate authority by sharing that official information with the appropriate authority.

3. The maximum permitted levels applied by the measures prescribed under this Article must not exceed those set out in Annexes 1, 2 and 3.

4. The period of validity of measures prescribed under this Article must be as short as possible. The duration of the first measures prescribed under this Article following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency must not exceed 3 months.

5. The measures prescribed under this Article must be periodically reviewed by the appropriate authority and, if appropriate, amended on the basis of the nature and location of the accident and of the evolution of the level of radioactive contamination effectively measured.

6. When preparing measures to be prescribed, or reviewing measures prescribed, under this Article, the appropriate authority must take into account the basic standards laid down pursuant to Articles 30 and 31 of the Euratom Treaty, including the justification principle and the optimisation principle, with the aim of keeping the magnitude of individual doses, the likelihood of exposure and the number of individuals exposed as low as reasonably achievable, taking into account the current state of technical knowledge and economic and societal factors.

7. When reviewing measures prescribed under this Article, the appropriate authority must consider, among other matters, whether the nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency has caused such widespread contamination of food or feed consumed in Great Britain that the rationale and assumptions underpinning the maximum permitted levels set out in Annexes 1, 2 and 3 to this Regulation are no longer valid. ” .

7. Omit Articles 4 and 5.

8. Insert a new Article 5A—

“ Article 5A Regulations and devolved powers

1. Any power to make regulations under Article 3—

(a) so far as exercisable by a Minister of the Crown, is exercisable by statutory instrument;

(b) so far as exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, is exercisable by statutory instrument;

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. For regulations made under Article 3 by the Scottish Ministers, see also section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Scottish statutory instruments).

3. Any power to make regulations under Article 3 includes power—

(a) to make different provision in relation to different cases or classes of case (including different provision for different areas or different classes of business); and

(b) to provide for such exceptions, limitations and conditions, and to make such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions, as the appropriate authority considers necessary or expedient.

4. Any statutory instrument or Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations made under Article 3 is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution—

(a) in the case of England, of either House of Parliament;

(b) in the case of Wales, of Senedd Cymru ;

(c) in the case of Scotland, of the Scottish Parliament;

(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. In Article 3, any power—

(a) of the Secretary of State to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to England only;

(b) of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Wales only;

(c) of the Scottish Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Scotland only;

(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ” .

9. Omit Article 6.

10. After Article 8, omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.

11. In Annex 1, at footnote (1), for “Member States” substitute “ The Food Safety Authority ” .