The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 1749 (W.186)

AGRICULTURE, WALES

The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004

Made

6 July 2004

Coming into force

9 July 2004

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 74A, 77(4) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970 M1 , after consultation as required by section 84(1) of that Act and by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety M2 , and being designated M3 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M4 in relation to measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals, in exercise of the powers conferred by that last mentioned section (in so far as these Regulations cannot be made under the powers of the Agriculture Act 1970 specified above), makes the following Regulations:

Marginal Citations

M1 1970 c. 40. Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions “the Ministers”, “prescribed” and “regulations”; the definition of “the Ministers” was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), Schedule 5, paragraph 1. Functions of “the Secretary of State”, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672. Section 74A was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972 (1972 c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 6.

M2 OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1. Under Article 3 of the EC Regulation “food law” extends to feed produced for, or fed to, food producing animals.

M3 S.I. 2003/2901.

M4 S.I. 1972 c. 68.

Title, application and commencement E+W

F1 1.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Regulations revoked in so far as they amend the 2001 Regulations and so for all remaining purposes (25.1.2006) by The Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/116), reg. 1, Sch. 9

Amendments to the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 E+W

F1 2.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Regulations revoked in so far as they amend the 2001 Regulations and so for all remaining purposes (25.1.2006) by The Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/116), reg. 1, Sch. 9

Consequential amendments to the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 E+W

F1 3.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Regulations revoked in so far as they amend the 2001 Regulations and so for all remaining purposes (25.1.2006) by The Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/116), reg. 1, Sch. 9

Consequential amendments to the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 E+W

F2 4.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Regs. 4-11 revoked (1.1.2006) by The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3368), reg. 1, Sch. 2

F2 5.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Regs. 4-11 revoked (1.1.2006) by The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3368), reg. 1, Sch. 2

F2 6.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Regs. 4-11 revoked (1.1.2006) by The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3368), reg. 1, Sch. 2

Consequential amendments to the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999 E+W

F2 7.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Regs. 4-11 revoked (1.1.2006) by The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3368), reg. 1, Sch. 2

F2 8.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Regs. 4-11 revoked (1.1.2006) by The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3368), reg. 1, Sch. 2

F2 9.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Regs. 4-11 revoked (1.1.2006) by The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3368), reg. 1, Sch. 2

F2 10.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Regs. 4-11 revoked (1.1.2006) by The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3368), reg. 1, Sch. 2

F2 11.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Regs. 4-11 revoked (1.1.2006) by The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3368), reg. 1, Sch. 2

M5 Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

Marginal Citations

M5 1998 c. 38.

Regulation 2(4)

F1 SCHEDULE 1 E+W ENTRIES TO BE SUBSTITUTED IN PART I OF SCHEDULE 7 TO THE FEEDING STUFFS (WALES) REGULATIONS 2001

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Regulation 2(5)

F1 SCHEDULE 2 E+W ENTRIES TO BE SUBSTITUTED IN SCHEDULE 8

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Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1.  These Regulations, which apply in relation to Wales only, further amend the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/343 (W. 15), as already amended). The Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 apply in relation to Wales only. E+W

2.  These Regulations provide for the enforcement of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2003 amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives in feedingstuffs belonging to the group of trace elements (OJ No. L187, 26.7.2003, p.11), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1801/2003 provisionally authorising the new use of a certain micro-organism in feedingstuffs (OJ No. L264, 15.10.2003, p.16), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1847/2003 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive and the permanent authorisation of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs (OJ No. L269, 21.10.2003, p.3) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2112/2003 correcting Regulations (EC) No. 1334/2003 amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives in feedingstuffs belonging to the group trace elements (OJ No. L417, 2.12.2003, p.22) (regulation 2(2) and (3)). E+W

3.  These Regulations also implement Commission Directive 2003/57/EC amending Directive 2002/32 of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed (OJ No. L151, 19.6.2003, p.38) by amending Schedule 7 to the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 so as to specify new maximum levels for dioxin in feedingstuffs (regulation 2(4) and Schedule 1). E+W

4.  These Regulations also implement Commission Directive 2003/104/EC authorising isopropyl ester of the hydroxylated analogue of methionine (OJ No. L295, 13.11.2003, p.83) by amending Schedule 8 to the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 so as to revise the conditions for the sale or possession for sale of analogues of methionine for use as a feeding stuff or as a protein source in a feeding stuff (regulation 2(5) and Schedule 2). E+W

5.  These Regulations also make consequential amendments to regulations 7(1) and 24(1) of the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 (regulation 3) and consequential amendments to the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999 (regulations 4 to 11). E+W

6.  A Regulatory Appraisal of the effect these Regulations have on business costs has been prepared pursuant to section 65 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 and placed in the Library of National Assembly for Wales together with a Transposition Note setting out how the main elements of Commission Directive 2003/57/EC and Commission Directive 2003/104/EC are transposed into domestic law by these Regulations. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 11th Floor, Southgate House, Cardiff, CF10 1EW. E+W