a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day or Good Friday; or

a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 ,

coccidiostats;

histomonostats; and

in respect of Articles 9(1) and (3), 18(3), 20(2), 21(1) and 22(2)(b), the Agency and DARD;

in respect of Articles 7, 9(2), 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18(1), (2) and (4) and 19(2), DARD; and

in respect of Article 19(1), the Agency.

in respect of paragraph 2(f), DARD; and

in respect of paragraph 7, DARD and the Agency.

specify the operative date of the notice (“the operative date”);

state that on the operative date DARD intends to suspend the registration or approval of the establishment pursuant to Article 14 and these Regulations;

specify the feed business activity or activities to which the notice relates;

identify the remedial action required;

state that unless remedial action has been carried out to its' satisfaction within one year of the operative date, the registration or approval will be revoked without further notice on the first anniversary of the operative date; and

provide information on the time limit for appealing under regulation 12.

specify the operative date of the notice;

state that the registration or approval as the case may be has been revoked;

specify the feed business activity or activities to which the revocation relates;

identify which of the conditions of revocation set out in Article 15 is applicable;

provide information on the time limits for appealing under regulation 12.

make the appropriate amendments to its own register of feed business establishments; and

promptly transmit to the Agency the necessary information to ensure compliance with Article 19(3) (updating of national lists).

the approval of an establishment under Article 13;

suspension of the registration or approval of an establishment under Article 14;

revocation of the registration or approval of an establishment under Article 15; or

amendment of the approval of an establishment under Article 16,

the time limit for appealing against the decision to suspend or revoke registration or approval has expired without an appeal having been brought; or

where an appeal against that decision has been brought, the appeal has been finally disposed of or abandoned.

pay the relevant fee when the application is submitted; and

reimburse DARD on demand the cost of any laboratory analysis incurred by it in connection with the application.

take any steps to approve an establishment in respect of one or more of its feed business activities until the relevant fee has been paid to it; nor

approve an establishment in respect of one or more of its feed business activities until it has been reimbursed in accordance with paragraph (1)(b).

cause each part to be marked sealed and fastened in the prescribed manner;

send one part for analysis to the agricultural analyst from DARD;

retain and preserve the remaining part as an officially sealed reference sample.

the person on whose premises the material was sampled or that person’s agent;

the person who offered the material for sale by means of distance communication if the material was ordered from such a person or to that person’s agent; and

if part of the sample was sent under paragraph (2), to the person to whom that part was sent.

proceedings are intended to be or have been commenced against a person for an offence under specified feed law; and

the prosecution intends to adduce evidence of the result of that part of the sample,

may, of his own volition;

must, if requested by the prosecutor (if a person other than the authorised officer); or

must (subject to paragraph (6)), if requested by the defendant,

the cost of performing those functions; or

the appropriate fee for the performance of any similar function under section 78 of the Act ,

“defendant” includes a prospective defendant; and

“the appropriate fee” means such fee as may be fixed in accordance with the provisions of section 78(10) of the Act.

section 77(4) of the Act; or

regulation 14(4) or 15(3),

has been served with a copy of it not less than twenty-one days before the hearing; and

has not, before the seventh day preceding the hearing, served on the other party a notice requiring the attendance of the person who made the analysis.

section 75(1) of the Act (sample analysed at the request of the purchaser); or

section 78(1) of the Act (further analysis by Chief Agricultural Analyst) in so far as that subsection does not relate to official controls,

in the execution or purported execution of these Regulations; and

within the scope of the officer's employment,

in the execution or purported execution of these Regulations; but

outside the scope of the officer's employment,

state the officer's grounds for believing that the feed business operator is failing to comply with specified feed law;

specify the matters which constitute the feed business operator's failure to comply;

specify the measures which, in the officer's opinion, the feed business operator must take in order to secure compliance; and

require the feed business operator to take those measures, or measures which are at least equivalent to them, within such period (not being less than 14 days) as may be specified in the notice.

one month from the date on which notice of the decision was served on the person desiring to appeal; or

if it is shorter, the period specified in the notice pursuant to regulation 22(1)(d),

a feed business operator is convicted of an offence under specified feed law; and

the court by or before which the operator is so convicted is satisfied that the health risk condition is fulfilled with respect to the feed business concerned,

the use for the purposes of the business of any process or treatment;

the construction of any premises used for the purposes of the business, or the use for those purposes of any equipment; or

the state or condition of any premises or equipment used for the purposes of the business;

in a case falling within paragraph (2)(a), a prohibition on the use of the process or treatment for the purposes of the business;

in a case falling within paragraph (2)(b), a prohibition on the use of the premises or equipment for the purposes of the business or any other feed business of the same class or description; and

in a case falling within paragraph (2)(c), a prohibition on the use of the premises or equipment for the purposes of any feed business.

a feed business operator is convicted of an offence under specified feed law; and

the court by or before which the operator is so convicted thinks it proper to do so in all the circumstances of the case,

serve a copy of the order on the relevant feed business operator; and

in the case of an order made under paragraph (1), affix a copy of the order in a conspicuous position on such premises used for the purposes of the feed business as the authority considers appropriate,

in the case of an order made under paragraph (1), on the issue by the enforcement authority of a certificate to the effect that it is satisfied that the feed business operator has taken sufficient measures to secure that the health risk condition is no longer fulfilled with respect to the feed business; and

in the case of an order made under paragraph (4), on the giving by the court of a direction to that effect.

determine, as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any event within 14 days, whether or not it is so satisfied; and

if it determines that it is not so satisfied, give notice to the feed business operator of the reasons for that determination.

within six months of the making of the feed business prohibition order; or

within three months of the making by the feed business operator of a previous application for such a direction.

serve a copy of the order on the relevant feed business operator; and

affix a copy of the order in a conspicuous position on such premises used for the purposes of the feed business as the officer considers appropriate,

if no application for a feed business emergency prohibition order is made within the period of three days beginning with the service of the notice, at the end of that period; or

if such an application is so made, on the determination or abandonment of the application.

determine as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any event within 14 days whether or not it is so satisfied; and

if it determines that it is not so satisfied, give notice to the feed business operator of the reasons for that determination.

an application for a feed business emergency prohibition order is made within the period of three days beginning with the service of the notice; and

the court declares itself satisfied, on the hearing of the application, that the health risk condition was fulfilled with respect to the feed business at the time when the notice was served,

executing and enforcing specified feed law; or

carrying out investigations, in accordance with Article 4.2 of Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed to determine the source of specified undesirable substances,

any premises on which the officer has reasonable cause to believe that feed has been, or is being, manufactured or produced, or is being kept for the purpose of being placed on the market, incorporated in another product or used; or

any premises on which the officer has reasonable cause to believe that there is any feed of which the occupier of the premises has possession or control.

that admission to the premises has been refused, or a refusal is apprehended, and that notice of the intention to apply for a warrant has been given to the occupier; or

that an application for admission or the giving of such a notice would defeat the object of the entry, or that the case is one of urgency, or that the premises are unoccupied or the occupier temporarily absent,

any material appearing to be feed;

any article appearing to be a container or package used or intended to be used to store, wrap or package any feed, or to be a label or advertisement used or intended to be used in connection with feed; or

any vehicle, plant or equipment appearing to be used, or intended to be used, in connection with the manufacture, production, storage, transport or use of feed, and any process of manufacture, production, storage, transport or use of feed.

to require any person carrying on, or appearing to be carrying on, a feed business, or any person employed in connection with such a business, to produce any record (in whatever form it is held) relating to or arising out of the exercise in the course of that business of any such activity, and of which that person has possession or control; and

to inspect and take copies of any record, or of any entry in any record produced in pursuance of the preceding sub-paragraph.

is entitled at any reasonable time to have access to, and inspect and check the operation of, any computer and associated apparatus or material which is or has been, or which it appears is or has been, in use in connection with the record in question;

may require the record, or an extract from the record, to be produced in a form in which it may be taken away.

a requirement is made under paragraph (10)(a) in relation to any feed which is, or appears to be, intended for a particular nutritional purpose; and

at the time the requirement is made, the record in respect of which it is made has been published and is available in accessible form for public use,

“compound feed” has the meaning given in Article 3(2)(h) of Regulation 767/2009; and

“feed which is, or appears to be, intended for a particular nutritional purpose” is to be construed in accordance with the definitions of “feed intended for particular nutritional purposes” in Article 3(2)(o) of that Regulation.

on which an animal or bird affected with any disease to which that Act applies is kept; and

which is situated in a place declared under that Act to be infected with such a disease.

seize the material in order to have it dealt with by a lay magistrate,

if so satisfied, forthwith withdraw the notice;

if not so satisfied, proceed to have the matter dealt with by a lay magistrate under paragraph (5).

any person who might be liable under the provisions of specified feed law to a prosecution in respect of the material shall, if that person attends before the lay magistrate by whom the material falls to be dealt with, be entitled to be heard and to call witnesses; and

that lay magistrate may, but need not, be a member of the court before which any person is charged with an offence under those provisions in relation to that material.

the material to be destroyed or to be so disposed of as to prevent it from being used as food for human consumption or for feed; and

any expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the destruction or disposal to be defrayed by the feed business operator.

that the material be labelled properly as soon as reasonably practicable and at the expense of the feed business operator; and

the release of the material into the custody of the operator.

any information in relation to any manufacturing process or trade secret which has been obtained on premises entered by virtue of these Regulations, or

any other information obtained in pursuance of these Regulations,

to the manufacturer or to the last seller of the material, information as to the place where and the person from whom the sample was taken and the results of any analysis of that sample;

to any person who had that material on their premises, information as to the results of any analysis of that sample; or

any information which it is necessary to disclose in order to prevent the occurrence of a serious risk to human or animal health or to the environment.

on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

on conviction on indictment to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or to a fine or both.

the commission of the offence was due to a mistake, or to reliance on information supplied to the accused, or to the act or default of another person, or to an accident or some other cause beyond the control of the accused; and

the accused took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence by the accused or any person under their control.

at least seven clear days before the hearing; and

where the accused has previously appeared before a court in connection with the alleged offence, within one month of the first such appearance,

was feed to which Article 25 of Regulation 183/2005 applies; and

could lawfully be exported in accordance with the requirements of Article 12 (food and feed exported from the EU) 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 .

three years from the commission of the offence; or

one year from its discovery by the prosecutor,

omit paragraph (b); and

in paragraph (e), for “the Feed Hygiene and Enforcement Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005” substitute “ the Animal Feed (Hygiene, Sampling etc. and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 ”.

Omit Schedule 7.