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2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“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;
“the Commission Decision” (“Penderfyniad y Comisiwn”) means Commission Decision 2006/601/EC on emergency measures regarding the non-authorised genetically modified organism “LL RICE 601” in rice products M1 as last amended by Commission Decision 2008/162/EC amending Decision 2006/601/EC on emergency measures regarding the non-authorised genetically modified organism “LL RICE 601” in rice products M2;
“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 [F1section 67(1A)] of the Agriculture Act 1970 M3 to enforce that Act within its area or as the case may be district;
“food” (“bwyd”) has the meaning given to it in Article 2 of Regulation 178/2002;
“first placing on the market” (“ei osod gyntaf ar y farchnad”) has the meaning that it bears in the Commission Decision;
“food authority” (“awdurdod bwyd”) has the meaning that it bears by virtue of section 5(1A) of the Food Safety Act 1990 M4;
“rice product” (“cynnyrch reis”) means any rice product referred to in the table in Article 1 of the Commission Decision that originates from the United States of America; and
“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 M5 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the Permanent Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority M6.
(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 M7, to a port health authority; or
(b)by an order under section 6 of the Public Health Act 1936 M8, to a joint board for a united district,
any reference in these Regulations to a food authority is to be construed, so far as relating to those functions, as a reference to the authority to whom they are so assigned.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (17.7.2008) by The Rice Products from the United States of America (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1646), regs. 1(2), 2(a)
Marginal Citations
M1OJ No. L244, 7.9.2006, p.27.
M2OJ No. L52, 27.2.2008, p.25.
M41990 c. 16. Section 5(1A) was inserted by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), section 22(3) and Schedule 9, paragraph 16(1).
M5OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1.
M6OJ No. L100, 8.4.2006, p.3.
M81936 c. 49; section 6 is to be read with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Food Safety Act 1990.
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