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The Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
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- 2016 No. 4
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These Regulations, which apply in relation to Northern Ireland only —
(a)provide for the continuing enforcement or implementation of EU Regulations and Directives on feed safety, genetically modified feed, feed additives, the marketing and use of feed, undesirable substances (contaminants) in feed and feed for particular nutritional purposes;
(b)provide for ambulatory references to the EU instruments specified in regulation 2(3);
(c)prescribe offences and penalties for failure to comply with the Regulations;
(d)revoke or make consequential amendments to certain Regulations; and
(e)provide for periodic review of the operation and effect of these Regulations.
In Part 2, these Regulations provide for the enforcement of specified provisions of 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 (OJ No. L131, 1.2.2002, p.1) by making it an offence to contravene those provisions (regulation 4) and by designating the competent authorities for the purposes of that EU instrument (regulation 5).
In Part 3 these Regulations provide for the enforcement of specified provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed (OJ No. L268, 18.10.2003, p.1) (regulations 7 and 8).
In Part 4 these Regulations provide for the enforcement of specified provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition (OJ No. L268, 18.10.2003, p.29) (regulation 10).
In Part 5 these Regulations provide for the enforcement of 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 (OJ No. L229, 1.9.2009, p.1) (regulations 12 and 13 and Schedule 1).
In Part 6 these Regulations implement Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed (OJ No. L140, 30.5.2002, p.10) (regulations 14 and 15).
In Part 7 these Regulations implement Commission Directive 2008/38/EC establishing a list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes (OJ No. L62, 6.3.2008, p.9), (regulation 16 and 17).
In Part 8 these Regulations prescribe the maximum penalties that a court may impose on conviction for an offence under these Regulations (regulation 18) and designate DARD as having the duty to enforce (regulation 19).
In Part 9 these Regulations make consequential amendments to the Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (regulation 20), revoke wholly or partially certain regulations (regulation 21 and Schedule 2).
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