The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990 M1 ;

“the Agency” means the [F1 Food Standards Scotland];

“authorised officer”—

(a)

in relation to a competent authority, means any person (whether or not an officer of the authority) who is authorised by the authority in writing for the purposes of regulation 14; and

(b)

in relation to a relevant enforcement authority, means any person (whether or not an officer of the authority) who is authorised by the authority in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters arising under Part 2 of these Regulations in relation to its enforcement responsibilities under regulation 17;

“competent authority” means, other than in regulations 23 and 24, an authority which, by virtue of regulation 3, is designated for the purposes of any of the provisions of [F2 Regulation 2017/625];

[F3 “Decision 2007/275”, “Directive 2004/41”, “Regulation 999/2001”, “Regulation 178/2002”, “Regulation 852/2004”, “Regulation 853/2004”, [F4 "Regulation 183/2005"], “Regulation 1688/2005”, “Regulation 2073/2005”, “Regulation 2074/2005”, “Regulation 2017/185”, “Regulation 2017/625”, “Regulation 2019/478”, Regulation 2019/624” , “Regulation 2019/625”, “Regulation 2019/626”, “Regulation 2019/627”, “Regulation 2019/628”,

“Regulation 2019/1012” , “Regulation 2019/1013”, “Regulation 2019/1014”, “Regulation 2019/1081”, “Regulation 2019/1602”, “Regulation 2019/1666”, “Regulation 2019/1715”, “Regulation 2019/1793”, “Regulation 2019/1873”, “Regulation 2019/2007”, “Regulation 2019/2074”, ”Regulation 2019/2122” , “Regulation 2019/2123”, “Regulation 2019/2124”, “Regulation 2019/2126”, “Regulation 2019/2129”, “Regulation 2019/2130”, “Regulation 2020/466” and “Regulation 2020/1158”, have the meanings respectively given to them in schedule 1,]

[F5 “feed authority” means Food Standards Scotland;]

[F6 “the Import Provisions” means Part 3 of these Regulations, Title II, Chapter V of Regulation 2017/625 and the Regulation 2017/625 package insofar as they apply to product as defined in regulation 22;]

“the Official Control Regulations” means these Regulations and [F7 Regulation 2017/625 and the Regulation 2017/625 package];

“premises” includes any establishment, any place, vehicle, stall or moveable structure and any ship or aircraft;

“primary production” has the meaning it bears in Regulation 852/2004 [F8 and Regulation 183/2005];

[F9 “the Regulation 2017/625 package” means “Regulation 2019/478”, “Regulation 2019/624”, “Regulation 2019/625”, “Regulation 2019/626”, “Regulation 2019/627”, “Regulation 2019/628”, “Regulation 2019/1012”, “Regulation 2019/1013”, “Regulation 2019/1014”, “Regulation 2019/1081”, “Regulation 2019/1602”, “Regulation 2019/1666”, “Regulation 2019/1715”, “Regulation 2019/1793”, “Regulation 2019/1873”, “Regulation 2019/2074”, “Regulation 2019/2122”, “Regulation 2019/2123”, “Regulation 2019/2124”, “Regulation 2019/2126”, “Regulation 2019/2129”, “Regulation 2019/2130”, “Regulation 2020/466” and “Regulation 2020/1158”,]

“relevant enforcement authority” means a body which, by virtue of regulation 17, is made responsible for executing and enforcing any provision of Part 2 of these Regulations;

“relevant feed law” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 2; and

“relevant food law” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 3.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), any expression other than one defined in paragraph (1) that is used both in these Regulations and in the Act has the meaning it bears in the Act.

(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, any expression used both in these Regulations and in Regulation 178/2002, [F10 Regulation 2017/625 or any of the EU Regulations in the Regulation 2017/625 package] has the meaning it bears in Regulation 178/2002, [F10 Regulation 2017/625 or any of the EU Regulations in the Regulation 2017/625 package] as the case may be.

(4) In these Regulations, any reference to an EU instrument defined in Schedule 1 is a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2015) by The Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/100), arts. 1(2), 2, sch. para. 25

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/407), regs. 1, 7(2)(a)(i)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (30.12.2020) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/398), regs. 1, 4(2)(a) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/455, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a))

F4 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2021) by The Feed (Transfer of Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/467), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(a)

F5 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2021) by The Feed (Transfer of Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/467), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(b)

F6 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/407), regs. 1, 7(2)(a)(iii)

F7 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/407), regs. 1, 7(2)(a)(iv)

F8 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2021) by The Feed (Transfer of Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/467), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(c)

F9 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (30.12.2020) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/398), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)

F10 Words in reg. 2(3) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/407), regs. 1, 7(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1990 c.16.