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2.—(1) In these Regulations —
“the Act” means the Agriculture Act 1970;
“Directive 82/475” means Commission Directive 82/475/EEC laying down the categories of feed materials which may be used for the purposes of labelling compound feedingstuffs for pet animals(1);
“Directive 2002/32” means Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed(2);
“Regulation 1831/2003” means Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition(3);
“Directive 2008/38” means Commission Directive 2008/38/EC establishing a list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes(4);
“Regulation 767/2009” means Regulation (EC) No. 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC(5);
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(2) Any expression used in these Regulations and in Regulation 1831/2003 or Regulation 767/2009 has the meaning in these Regulations that it bears in the Regulation concerned.
[F2(3) Any reference to an Annex to Directive 82/475, Directive 2002/32, Directive 2008/38 or Regulation 767/2009 is a reference to that Annex as it may be amended from time to time.]
(4) These Regulations do not apply to any feed additive in category (d) or (e) of Article 6(1) of Regulation 1831/2003, with the exception of those in the functional groups listed in paragraph 4(a), (b) and (c) of Annex 1 to that Regulation(6).
(5) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(7) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (12.1.2014) by virtue of The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) and the Animal Feed (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/294), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(a)
F2Reg. 2(3) substituted (12.1.2014) by The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) and the Animal Feed (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/294), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 2 in operation at 23.11.2010, see reg. 1
OJ No. L213, 21.7.1982, p.27. This Directive was last amended by Commission Directive 98/67/EC (OJ No. L261, 24.9.1998, p.10)
OJ No. L140, 30.5.2002, p.10. This Directive was last amended by Commission Directive 2010/6/EU (OJ No. L37, 10.2.2010, p.29)
OJ No. L268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. This Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 767/2009
OJ No. L62, 6.3.2008, p.9. This Directive was last amended by Commission Directive 2008/82 (OJ No. L202, 31.07.2008,p.48)
OJ No. L229, 1.9.2009, p.1. This Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EU) No.568/2010 (OJ No. L163, 30.6.2010, p. 30.)
Categories (d) and (e) of Article 6(1) comprise respectively zootechnical additives and coccidiostats and histomonostats. Functional groups listed in paragraphs 4(a), (b) and (c) of Annex I comprise preservatives, antioxidants and emulsifiers