Agriculture Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Official Controls (Transitional Staging Period) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1 January 2022. Amendment of the Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021 2 1 The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021 are amended as follows. 2 For regulation 2 (end of the transitional staging period) substitute— End of the transitional staging period 2 The appointed date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “the transitional staging period” in paragraph 2 (interpretation) 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 is 30 June 2022. . Amendment of the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012 3 1 The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012 are amended as follows. 2 In schedule 5 (derogations from, and modifications to, Part 3 of these Regulations), in paragraph 4(3) (derogation from regulation 12: notification of importation) after “origin” insert “or animal by-products not covered by sub-paragraph (2)(b)” . Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 4 1 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 is amended as follows. 2 In Annex 6 (application of and derogations from the Regulation, and modifications to its application, in relation to territories subject to special transitional import arrangements), in paragraph 13, in the text of Article 56A (prior notification of entry to Great Britain: transitional arrangements) as inserted for the purposes mentioned in paragraph 3 of Annex 6, after paragraph 4 insert— 5 Paragraph 4 does not apply to relevant goods to which 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 apply (as modified by Article 12A of that Regulation). . Amendment of the Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 5 1 The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 52 (transitional provision: plants, plant products and other objects from EU Member States)— a in paragraph (1)— i in sub-paragraph (a) for “period commencing on IP completion day and ending on 31st December 2021” substitute “transitional staging period” , ii in sub-paragraph (b) for “during the period commencing on 26th November 2021 and ending on 31st December 2021” substitute “after 25 November 2021 and before the end of the transitional staging period” , b after paragraph (3) insert— 4 In paragraph (1), “ the transitional staging period ” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 (interpretation) 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 . . GEORGE ADAM Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 21st December 2021