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2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Agency” (“yr Asiantaeth”) means the Food Standards Agency;
“authorised officer” (“swyddog awdurdodedig”), in relation to a feed authority or a food authority, means any person (whether or not an officer of the authority) who is authorised by it in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters arising under these Regulations;
[F1“the Commission Decision” (“Penderfyniad y Comisiwn”) means Commission Implementing Decision 2011/884/EU on emergency measures regarding unauthorised genetically modified rice in rice products originating from China and repealing Decision 2008/289/EC, as amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2013/287/EU;]
“feed” (“bwyd anifeiliaid”) has the meaning given to it in Article 3.4 of Regulation 178/2002;
“feed authority” (“awdurdod bwyd anifeiliaid”) means the authority required by section 67(1A) of the Agriculture Act 1970 M1 to enforce that Act within its area;
“food” (“bwyd”) has the meaning given to it in Article 2 of Regulation 178/2002;
F2...
“food authority” (“awdurdod bwyd”) has the meaning that it bears by virtue of section 5(1A) of the Food Safety Act 1990 M2;
“operator” (“gweithredydd”) has the meaning that it bears in the Commission Decision;
[F3“placing on the market” has the meaning given to it in Article 3.8 of Regulation 178/2002;]
“Regulation 178/2002” (“Rheoliad 178/2002”) means 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; and
“specified product” (“cynnyrch penodedig”) means any product listed in [F4Annex I] to the Commission Decision that originates from or has been consigned from China.
(2) Where any functions under the Food Safety Act 1990 are assigned—
(a)by an order under section 2 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 M3, to a port health authority; or
(b)by an order under section 6 of the Public Health Act 1936 M4, to a joint board for a united district,
any reference in these Regulations to a food authority will be construed, so far as relating to those functions, as a reference to the authority to whom they are so assigned.
[F5(3) Any expression used in the Commission Decision and in these Regulations has the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in the Commission Decision.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (4.7.2013) by The Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1653), regs. 1, 2(2)
F2Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (12.1.2012) by virtue of The Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/64), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(ii)
F3Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (12.1.2012) by The Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/64), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(iii)
F4Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (12.1.2012) by The Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/64), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(iv)
F5Reg. 2(3) inserted (12.1.2012) by The Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/64), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)
Marginal Citations
M41936 c. 49; section 6 is to be read with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Food Safety Act 1990.
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