The Poultrymeat (Wales) Regulations 2011

Interpretation E+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Agency” (“yr Asiantaeth”) means the Food Standards Agency;

“authorised officer” (“swyddog awdurdodedig”) means any person who has written authority from an enforcement authority to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

“Commission Regulation” (“Rheoliad y Comisiwn”) means Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultrymeat, as amended from time to time;

“contravene” (“torri”) includes failure to comply, and “contravention” (“toriad”) is to be construed accordingly;

“enforcement authority” (“awdurdod gorfodi”) means an authority exercising a function conferred on it by regulation 9;

[F1 “assimilated poultrymeat provision” (“darpariaeth cig dofednod a gymathwyd”)] means a provision of the Single CMO Regulation [F2 or Regulation (EU) 2013] or the Commission Regulation specified in column 1 of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1, as read with any provision mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2 of Part 1 or 2 of that Schedule;

“officer” (“swyddog”)—

(a)

in relation to a body corporate, means a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body; and

(b)

in relation to an unincorporated body, means any member of its governing body or a chief executive, manager or other similar officer of the body;

[F3 “poultrymeat” (“cig dofednod”) has the meaning given by point II(1) of Part V of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013;]

“premises” (“mangre”) means any place, including those requiring inspection under Article 12(5)(a) to (d) of the Commission Regulation, and any vehicle, trailer, stall or moveable structure;

[F4 “Regulation (EU) 2013” (“Rheoliad (EU) 2013”) means [F5 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products], as amended from time to time;]

“Single CMO Regulation” (“y Rheoliad CMO Sengl”) means Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation).

[F6 “third country” (“trydedd wlad”) means any country or territory other than—

(a)

the United Kingdom;

(b)

the Bailiwick of Guernsey;

(c)

the Bailiwick of Jersey;

(d)

the Isle of Man.]

(2) In these Regulations, any reference to Part B of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation is a reference to Part B of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation as amended from time to time.

(3) Other expressions used in these Regulations and in the Single CMO Regulation [F7 or Regulation (EU) 2013] or the Commission Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as in the European Regulation in which they are used.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1332), regs. 1(2), 13(2)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.1.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3270), regs. 1(c), 8(3)(a)(i)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.1.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3270), regs. 1(c), 8(3)(a)(ii)

F4 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.1.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3270), regs. 1(c), 8(3)(a)(iii)

F5 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (28.3.2019) by The Rural Affairs, Environment, Fisheries and Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/463), regs. 1(3), 25

F6 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) (No. 3) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1376), regs. 1(2), 4; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Words in reg. 2(3) inserted (1.1.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3270), regs. 1(c), 8(3)(b)