---
title: "The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2024"
id: c5e174ac-8474-4456-b369-ce64b10dfcf7
authority: uk
place: "United Kingdom"
applies_also_from: []
kind: regulation
in_force: true
publisher_url: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/540
attribution: "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
solon_url: https://solon.orangecat.ch/law/c5e174ac-8474-4456-b369-ce64b10dfcf7
language: en
in_force_from: 2024-04-28
date_basis: publisher
status: consolidated
source_url: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/540/data.xml
read_on: 2026-11-10
sha256: 18090f4e926bc873902273f1ce77df543f680ba1416af4c8a031d0ce2d8c0c3d
provisions: 5
---

# The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2024 No. 540
Animals
Food
Plant Health
The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Made
at 10.03 a.m. on 22nd April 2024
Laid before Parliament
at 4.30 p.m. on 22nd April 2024
Coming into force
28th April 2024
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—
(a) Paragraph 2 of Annex 6 to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products;
(b) paragraph 11A of Schedule 2 to the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011.
In accordance with Article 144(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, before making these Regulations, the Secretary of State has consulted such bodies and persons as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations and such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
In accordance with Article 3(2B) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the Welsh Ministers, in relation to the application of these Regulations in relation to Wales, and the Scottish Ministers, in relation to the application of these Regulations in relation to Scotland, have consented to the making of these Regulations by the Secretary of State.

## 1 Citation, commencement, extent and application {#regulation-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 Amendment to Commission Decision 2000/572/EC {#regulation-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 Amendment to the Meat Preparations (Amendment and Transitory Modification) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 {#regulation-3}

In the Meat Preparations (Amendment and Transitory Modification) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 omit regulation 3.

## 4 Amendment to the Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021 {#regulation-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”.