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PART 1SIntroduction

Citation, commencement and extentS

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Marketing of Bananas (Scotland) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st February 2013.

(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

InterpretationS

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“authorised officer” means any person (whether or not an officer of the Scottish Ministers) appointed by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with regulation 3(3);

“bananas” means bananas, intended for supply fresh to the consumer after preparation and packaging, which fall within—

(a)

[F1CN code 0803 90 10 as provided for in Part XI of Annex I to Council Regulation 2013]; and

(b)

the description in Article 1 of, and Point I of Annex I to, Commission Regulation 1333/2011;

“Commission Regulation 1333/2011” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1333/2011 laying down marketing standards for bananas, rules on the verification of compliance with those marketing standards and requirements for notifications in the banana sector M1, as amended from time to time;

“container” includes any basket, pail, tray, package or receptacle of any kind, whether open or closed;

“controlled”, in relation to bananas, means that the power conferred by regulation 12(1) (stop notice) has been exercised in relation to those bananas and that consent to their movement has been given under regulation 14(1) when the circumstances in regulation 14(2) or (3) apply;

[F2“Council Regulation 2013”“ means [F3Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013] 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;]

F4...

“inspection body” means a body F5... responsible for carrying out conformity checks in accordance with Articles 3 and 8 of Commission Regulation 1333/2011;

“label” includes any device for conveying information particulars by written characters or other symbols, and any characters or symbols stamped or otherwise placed directly on to any bananas or container, and references to the affixing of a label are construed accordingly;

[F6“marketing rules” means any of the minimum requirements, classification, sizing, presentation and marking standards provided for in Article 1 and Annex I of Commission Regulation 1333/2011, subject to the tolerances in Point IV of that Annex;]

“non compliance label” means a label indicating that the bananas are not compliant with F7... marketing rules;

“premises” includes any place, vehicle or trailer, stall, vessel, container, moveable structure, aircraft, or hovercraft; and

“stop notice label” means a label fixed in accordance with regulation 13(1).

(2) Unless otherwise provided in this regulation, terms used in these Regulations have the same meaning as they have in Commission Regulation 1333/2011 and [F8Council Regulation 2013].

(3) A reference to anything done “in writing” or produced “in written form” includes a reference to an electronic communication, as defined in section 15 (general interpretation) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 M2, which has been recorded in written form and is capable of being reproduced in that form.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M1OJ L 336, 20.12.2011, p.23.

M22000 c.7, relevantly amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c.21).

Designations, provision of information and appointment of authorised officersS

3.—(1) The Scottish Ministers are designated as the competent national authority and inspection body for Scotland for the purposes of Commission Regulation 1333/2011 and [F9Article 74 of Council Regulation 2013] in relation to bananas.

(2) For the purposes of fulfilling the obligations on competent national authorities and inspection bodies contained in the F10... marketing rules and for the enforcement of these Regulations, the Scottish Ministers may, as appropriate or where required to do so, provide information to and request information from—

(a)the competent national authorities and inspection bodies F11... in Northern Ireland, England and Wales; F12...

F12(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) The Scottish Ministers may appoint authorised officers for the purposes of the enforcement of these Regulations.

Textual Amendments

PART 2SGeneral offences and exercise of powers on premises

F13... Marketing rules: offencesS

4.—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person displays or offers for sale, delivers or markets in any other manner, bananas in contravention of the F14... marketing rules.

(2) A person is guilty of an offence if the person fails to comply with any provision of Commission Regulation 1333/2011 mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.

(3) Where—

(a)an authorised officer has inspected bananas and found them not to be compliant with the F15... marketing rules; and

(b)the person in charge of those bananas has given an undertaking, or has been responsible for the giving of an undertaking, in relation to those bananas,

it is an offence for that person to act in breach of the undertaking or to cause or permit the person's agent or employee to act in breach of that undertaking.

(4) A person is guilty of an offence if, in purporting to provide the information particulars required by the F16... marketing rules, the person gives an inaccurate or false description of those bananas on a label affixed to, or in a notice or document accompanying, those bananas.

(5) A person, other than an authorised officer, is guilty of an offence if the person affixes, or causes or permits to be affixed, a non compliance label to any container of bananas, or to the bananas themselves or to any notice or document with the information particulars required by the F17... marketing rules to accompany those bananas.

(6) A person, other than an authorised officer, is guilty of an offence if the person removes, conceals, defaces or alters, or causes or permits to be removed, concealed, defaced or altered—

(a)any notice or document with the information particulars required by the F18... marketing rules to accompany bananas or any label which is required by those rules to be affixed to those bananas or to their container;

(b)a non compliance label which has been affixed by an authorised officer in the execution of these Regulations to the bananas or to their container; or

(c)any demarcation tape or other material used by an authorised officer in accordance with regulation 7(1)(f) to identify bananas or a specific lot of bananas which are found not to be compliant with the F18... marketing rules.

(7) A person is guilty of an offence if the person exports or imports any consignment of bananas to or from any place outside [F19Great Britain] without a document, label or notice which is required by the F20... marketing rules to accompany those bananas.

Textual Amendments

Exercise of powers on premisesS

5.  The powers under Part 3 and Part 4 of these Regulations may not be exercised on premises used wholly as a dwelling house.

PART 3SPowers of authorised officers

Powers of entryS

6.—(1) An authorised officer may enter any premises at any reasonable hour for the purposes of the enforcement of these Regulations.

(2) An authorised officer must, if requested to do so, produce a duly authenticated authorisation document.

(3) An authorised officer may be accompanied by any other persons and any equipment as the authorised officer considers necessary.

(4) If a sheriff, a stipendiary magistrate or a justice of the peace, on information in writing sworn on oath, is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for entry into any premises for the purposes of enforcing these Regulations, and—

(a)admission to an authorised officer has been refused, or a refusal of admission is expected, and (in either case) that notice of the intention to apply for a warrant has been given to the occupier; or

(b)an application for admission to the premises, or the giving of such a notice, would defeat the object of the entry; or

(c)the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent; or

(d)the case is one of urgency,

the sheriff, stipendiary magistrate or justice of the peace may by a signed warrant authorise the authorised officer to enter the premises, if need be by reasonable force.

(5) A warrant granted under paragraph (4) is valid for a period of one month.

(6) An authorised officer who enters, by virtue of this regulation, any premises which are unoccupied or the occupier of which is temporarily absent, must leave them as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as they were before entry.

(7) It is an offence for a person who has obtained confidential information in the course of acting for the purposes of the enforcement of these Regulations to disclose that information, whether it was obtained on premises entered under or by virtue of these Regulations or otherwise, unless the disclosure is made in the performance of that person's duty.

Other powersS

7.—(1) An authorised officer who has lawfully entered premises for the purpose of the enforcement of these Regulations, may for that purpose—

(a)require any person to provide such assistance, information or facilities as the authorised officer may reasonably require;

(b)make any enquiries, observe any activity or process, and take photographs;

(c)inspect and search the premises;

(d)inspect any machinery or equipment or any other article on the premises;

(e)inspect and take samples of any bananas found on the premises;

(f)identify, with demarcation tape or other material, bananas or a specific lot of bananas which are found not to be compliant with the F21... marketing rules;

(g)inspect, seize and detain any container used in connection with bananas;

(h)have access to, inspect and copy any label, notice, document or record (in whatever form they are held) and remove them to enable them to be copied or require copies to be made;

(i)detach, or give permission to be detached, any non compliance label or stop notice label when the reasons for their being affixed no longer apply;

(j)have access to, inspect and check the data on, and operation of, any computer and any associated apparatus or material that is or has been in use in connection with a label, notice, document or record mentioned in this regulation, including data relating to deleted files and activity logs; and for this purpose may require any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material to afford such assistance (including the provision of passwords) as may reasonably be required and, where these items are kept by means of a computer, may require them to be produced in a visible and legible form in which they may be taken away;

(k)seize any computers and associated equipment for the purpose of copying any data, but only if that authorised officer has a reasonable suspicion that an offence under these Regulations has been committed; and

(l)seize and detain any items in sub-paragraph (h) if the authorised officer has reason to believe that they may be required as evidence in any court or other proceedings under these Regulations.

(2) An authorised officer must—

(a)as soon as is reasonably practicable, provide to the person appearing to be responsible for any items that the authorised officer seizes and detains under paragraph (1) a written receipt identifying those items; and

(b)as soon as is reasonably practicable after deciding that those items are no longer required, return them, apart from those to be used as evidence in any court or other proceedings under these Regulations.

Textual Amendments

Power to affix labelsS

8.  Where an authorised officer, who has lawfully entered premises for the purpose of the enforcement of these Regulations, takes a bulk sample of bananas from a specific lot and finds those bananas not to be compliant with the F22... marketing rules, the power to affix—

(a)a non compliance label under regulation 9 or 10; or

(b)a stop notice label under regulation 13;

may be exercised in relation to all or any of the bananas or containers of bananas within that lot in the same way as in relation to the bulk sample taken.

Textual Amendments

Power to affix a non compliance labelS

9.—(1) Where an authorised officer, who has lawfully entered premises for the purpose of the enforcement of these Regulations, finds any bananas which—

(a)have affixed to them a label or are accompanied by a notice or a document required by the F23... marketing rules; or

(b)are in a container to which such a label is affixed or which is accompanied by such a notice or document,

indicating in either case that one of the situations in paragraph (2) or (3) applies, the authorised officer may amend or cancel the label, notice or document and may affix to the bananas, or, as the case may be, to the notice or container, a non compliance label.

(2) Situation 1 is where the label, notice or document indicates—

(a)that the bananas are of a particular class under F24... marketing rules; but

(b)the authorised officer has reasonable cause to believe that the bananas are of an inferior class under those rules.

(3) Situation 2 is where the label, notice or document indicates—

(a)that the bananas are of a particular class under F25... marketing rules; but

(b)the authorised officer has reasonable cause to believe that the bananas do not comply with any class under those rules.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation and regulation 10, a non compliance label must be—

(a)in the form set out in Part I of Schedule 2; and

(b)completed in accordance with Part II of that Schedule.

Textual Amendments

10.  Where an authorised officer, who has lawfully entered premises for the purpose of the enforcement of these Regulations, finds any bananas, or container holding bananas, which—

(a)do not have a label required by the F26... marketing rules affixed to them;

(b)are not accompanied by a notice or document required by the F26... marketing rules;

(c)have a label required by the F26... marketing rules affixed to them, but the label appears to the authorised officer to be incorrect (other than in relation to a particular class under the European Union... marketing rules), or to have been altered or defaced; or

(d)are accompanied by a notice or document required by the F26... marketing rules but which appears to the authorised officer to be incorrect (other than in relation to a particular class under the F26... marketing rules), or to have been altered or defaced with the result that it is incorrect,

the authorised officer may, as appropriate, amend or cancel the label, notice or document and may affix to those bananas, or, as the case may be, to the container, a non compliance label.

Textual Amendments

Requirement to serve a notice in terms of regulation 9 or 10S

11.—(1) If an authorised officer deems it appropriate to affix a non compliance label to any bananas or container holding bananas, the authorised officer must, at the same time serve a written notice on the owner of the bananas or an agent or employee or the owner, advising of the reasons for non compliance and clearly indicating—

(a)in the case where regulation 9 applies, which of the situations contained in paragraph (2) or (3) of that regulation is applicable; or

(b)in the case where regulation 10 applies, which of the circumstances contained in paragraphs (a) to (d) of that regulation is applicable.

(2) Any notice issued by an authorised officer in terms of this regulation must, in addition to the information required in terms of paragraph (1)(a) or (b) (as applicable), also contain the following information—

(a)the notice shall be named “Notice of non compliance with F27... marketing rules”;

(b)a reference to the Marketing of Bananas (Scotland) Regulations 2012;

(c)a reference number to correspond with the compliance check, to be entered on the non compliance label affixed to the bananas, or as the case may be, to the container;

(d)the name and address of the trader, importer or exporter responsible for the bananas;

(e)the reasons for the non compliance with the F27... marketing rules;

(f)a warning that it is an offence under these Regulations to display or offer for sale, deliver or market in any other manner bananas in contravention of the F27... marketing rules;

(g)the origin of the bananas claimed;

(h)the class of bananas claimed/attained;

(i)the quantity of the consignment;

(j)the signature of the authorised officer;

(k)the date, time and place of the compliance check; and

(l)an official stamp bearing the number identifying the authorised officer.

Textual Amendments

PART 4SControlled bananas and related powers and offences

Powers to control the movement of bananasS

12.—(1) An authorised officer may, by written notice (a “stop notice”) served in accordance with paragraph (2), prohibit the movement of any bananas if the authorised officer reasonably suspects that an offence under these Regulations is being committed in respect of those bananas.

(2) The written notice referred to in paragraph (1) must be served on the person appearing to the authorised officer to be in charge of the bananas concerned and must—

(a)specify the date, place and time of service of the notice;

(b)contain details of the recipient of the notice;

(c)specify the bananas in relation to which the power has been exercised;

(d)state the reason for their detention;

(e)confirm that options for bringing the bananas into conformity with the F28... marketing rules or for the appropriate disposal of those bananas have been discussed between the authorised officer and the person appearing to be in charge of the bananas;

(f)state the location of the bananas;

(g)state that the bananas may not be moved from that location without the written consent of an authorised officer; and

(h)contain the authorised officer's official stamp and number.

(3) When serving the notice, the authorised officer must inform the person on whom the notice is served of the right of review under paragraph (4) and how it may be exercised.

(4) The person on whom the notice has been served, or the owner of the bananas or an agent or employee acting on behalf of the owner, may request the Scottish Ministers to arrange a review of the decision to serve the notice.

(5) The person requesting a review of a decision to serve a notice under paragraph (1) must do so in person, by telephone, in writing or by fax to the contact details indicated in the notice and a request in person or by telephone must be confirmed in writing as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.

(6) The review is to be determined by a person (unconnected with the original decision) appointed by the Scottish Ministers (“the appointed person”) under arrangements maintained by them for the purposes of this regulation.

(7) The appointed person conducting the review may cancel the notice or confirm it, with or without modifications.

(8) The appointed person must—

(a)complete the review as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within two working days of the request being made under paragraph (4); and

(b)serve notice of the decision in writing on the person who requested the review.

(9) The Scottish Ministers may suspend the notice pending determination of the review and must serve a notice forthwith of their decision to do so on the relevant person and the authorised officer.

(10) The appointed person's determination is final.

Textual Amendments

Power to affix a stop notice labelS

13.—(1) An authorised officer may affix to any controlled bananas, or to any container in which the controlled bananas are packed, a label warning of the exercise of the power in regulation 12(1) (a “stop notice label”).

(2) A stop notice label must be—

(a)in the form set out in Part III of Schedule 2; and

(b)completed in accordance with Part IV of that Schedule.

Consents to the movement of controlled bananasS

14.—(1) An authorised officer may, at any time, give written consent to the movement of controlled bananas and must give such consent upon request if the circumstances in paragraph (2) or (3) apply.

(2) The circumstances mentioned in this paragraph are where—

(a)the authorised officer is satisfied that no offence under these Regulations would be committed in respect of the bananas if they were marketed for supply fresh to the consumer after preparation and packaging; or

(b)the authorised officer, or another authorised officer, has been given a written undertaking that the bananas will be marketed or disposed of in a specified manner and the authorised officer is satisfied that if the bananas are marketed or disposed of in that manner no offence under these Regulations would be committed in respect of them and the authorised officer has no reason to doubt that the terms of the undertaking will not be met.

(3) The circumstances mentioned in this paragraph are where—

(a)the authorised officer, or another authorised officer, has been given a written undertaking to the effect that—

(i)the bananas will be moved to a place approved by an authorised officer;

(ii)steps required will be taken to ensure that the bananas may be marketed in compliance with the F29... marketing rules and without an offence under these Regulations being committed in respect of them or will be disposed of in such a manner that no offence under these Regulations would be committed in respect of them; and

(iii)the bananas will not be moved from that place without the written consent of an authorised officer; and

(b)the authorised officer has no reason to doubt that the terms of the undertaking will not be met.

(4) A consent given by an authorised officer under this regulation must—

(a)specify the bananas to which it relates;

(b)include the terms of any undertaking given under paragraph (2) or (3); and

(c)where the consent is given under paragraph (3), state that the bananas continue to be controlled.

Textual Amendments

Offences relating to movement of controlled bananasS

15.—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person moves controlled bananas or a container with controlled bananas in it, or causes or permits them to be moved—

(a)without the written consent; or

(b)other than in accordance with the written consent,

of an authorised officer given under regulation 14(1).

(2) A person, other than an authorised officer, is guilty of an offence if the person removes or causes or permits to be removed from controlled bananas or a container with controlled bananas in it, a stop notice label affixed by an authorised officer under regulation 13(1).

PART 5SAdditional enforcement provisions

ObstructionS

16.  A person is guilty of an offence if the person—

(a)obstructs an authorised officer acting for the purpose of the enforcement of these Regulations, or a person accompanying such an authorised officer under regulation 6(3);

(b)fails without reasonable excuse to give an authorised officer acting for the purpose of the enforcement of these Regulations any assistance or information or to provide any record or facilities that the authorised officer may reasonably require; or

(c)supplies to an authorised officer acting for the purpose of the enforcement of these Regulations, any information knowing it to be false or misleading.

Offence due to act or default of another personS

17.—(1) Where the commission by a person (“A”) of an offence under these Regulations is due to an act or default of another person (“B”), B is guilty of the offence.

(2) Proceedings may be taken against B whether or not proceedings are taken against A.

DefencesS

18.—(1) Except in respect of the offences in regulation 16, it is a defence for a person charged with an offence under these Regulations (“C”) to prove that the person's actions were carried out with lawful authority or that the person took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.

(2) Where C wishes to rely on the defence provided by paragraph (1), C must serve on the prosecutor a written notice of that fact in accordance with paragraph (4).

(3) Where the defence provided by paragraph (1) involves an allegation that the commission of the offence was due to the act or default of another person, C is not, without leave of the court, entitled to rely on that defence unless C has served on the prosecutor a written notice in accordance with paragraph (4) giving such information identifying or assisting in the identification of that person as was then in C's possession.

(4) The notice must be served—

(a)where an intermediate diet is held, at or before that diet; or

(b)where such a diet is not to be held, no later than 10 clear days before the trial diet.

Offences by bodies corporateS

19.—(1) Where—

(a)an offence under these Regulations has been committed by a body corporate or a Scottish partnership or other unincorporated association;

(b)it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of, or was attributable to any neglect on the part of—

(i)a relevant individual; or

(ii)an individual purporting to act in the capacity of a relevant individual,

the individual as well as the body corporate, Scottish partnership or unincorporated association commits an offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(2) In paragraph (1), “relevant individual” means—

(a)in relation to a body corporate—

(i)a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body;

(ii)where the affairs of the body are managed by its members, a member;

(b)in relation to a Scottish partnership, a partner;

(c)in relation to an unincorporated association other than a Scottish partnership, a person who is concerned in the management or control of the association.

PenaltiesS

20.  A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

PART 6SDisapplication

DisapplicationS

21.  In so far as they apply to Scotland, the following Acts do not apply to bananas—

(a)the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964 M3 and the Horticultural Produce Act 1986 M4, which modifies it;

(b)the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Acts 1928 M5 and 1931 M6; and

(c)the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 M7.

Marginal Citations

M61931 (c.40); this Act amended the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act 1928 and the two Acts may be cited together as the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Acts 1928 and 1931.

PART 7SRevocation

RevocationS

22.  The Bananas (Enforcement of Quality Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 M8 are revoked.

Marginal Citations

RICHARD LOCHHEAD

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

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