PART 1General

Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations–

  • “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

  • “authorised officer” means any person who has written authority from an enforcement authority to act in matters arising under or in relation to the Act or these Regulations;

  • “breeding establishment” has the meaning given by Article 1(3)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 617/2008;

  • “chicks” has the meaning given by Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 617/2008;

  • “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 617/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 617/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks M1, as amended from time to time;

  • “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs M2, as amended from time to time;

  • “Single CMO Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) M3, as amended from time to time;

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  • F11“Council Regulation 2013” means Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 , as amended from time to time,

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  • F3“eggs”—

    1. a

      has the meaning given by sub-paragraph (k) of the second paragraph of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 in the definition of “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008” in this regulation, regulations 3(1)(b), (2)(b) and (c), Part 3, regulations 13, 15 and 17(2)(b) and Schedule 2 to these Regulations; and

    2. b

      means eggs to which Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 applies as read with the exception in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 in regulation 3(1)(c), Part 3A, regulation 13A, 15A and Schedule 2A to these Regulations;

  • “eggs for hatching” has the meaning given by Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 617/2008;

  • “enforcement authority” means an authority exercising a function conferred on it by F4regulation 15 or 15A;

  • “final consumer” has the meaning given by sub paragraph (r) of the second paragraph of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008;

  • “food authority” has the same meaning as in section 5(2) M4 of the Act;

  • “hatchery” has the meaning given by Article 1(3)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 617/2008;

  • “packing centre” has the meaning given by sub paragraph (q) of the second paragraph of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008;

  • “pedigree breeding establishment” has the meaning given by Article 1(3)(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 617/2008; and

  • “production site” has the meaning given by sub paragraph (p) of the second paragraph of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008.

  • F2“Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003” means Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents F14, as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013;

  • F10“Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011” means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004F13... F12, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

  • F16“the Scottish welfare regulations” means the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010, and

  • F16“third country” means any country or territory other than—

    1. i

      the United Kingdom,

    2. ii

      the Bailiwick of Guernsey,

    3. iii

      the Bailiwick of Jersey, and

    4. iv

      the Isle of Man.

2

Any expression not defined in paragraph (1) and used in Part 2 of, or Schedule 1 to, these Regulations, and in Part C of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation has the same meaning in those provisions of these Regulations as it does in the Single CMO Regulation.

3

Any expression not defined in paragraph (1) and used in regulation 3(2) or Part 3 of, or Schedule 2 to, these Regulations and in F5Part VI of Annex VII to Council Regulation 2013 or Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008, has the same meaning in those provisions of these Regulations as it does in the EC Regulation in which it is used.

4

Any reference to a contravention of or failure to comply with any provision mentioned in Schedule 1 means a contravention or failure to comply with any provision of–

a

the Single CMO Regulation mentioned in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part; or

b

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 617/2008 mentioned in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part F6... F7or the Council Regulation 2013 mentioned in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part;

5

Any reference to a contravention of or failure to comply with any provision mentioned in Schedule 2 means a contravention of or failure to comply with any provision of–

a

F8the Council Regulation 2013 mentioned in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part; or

b

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 mentioned in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 2, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part.

F16

Any reference to a contravention of or failure to comply with any provision mentioned in Schedule 2A means a contravention of or failure to comply with any provision of Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 2A.