Part IVU.K. Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. IV applied: (E.W.S.) (1.11.1991) by S.I. 1991/2197, reg.11 (with reg. 1(2)(3)); (E.W.S.) (22.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2840, reg. 23 (with reg. 22) (which S.I. was revoked (E.W.S.) (30.6.1995) by 1995/1412, reg. 25); (N.I.) (18.5.1992) by S.R. 1992/187, reg. 11 (with reg. 1(2)); (N.I.) (27.7.1992) by S.R. 1992/270, reg. 23 (with reg. 22)); (E.W.S.) (30.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1412, reg. 24 (with reg. 23) (which S.I. was revoked (E.) (29.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2481, reg. 26 and (S.) (31.1.2001 except insofar as it made modifications to the 1970 c. 40) by S.S.I. 2000/453, reg. 26); (N.I.) (15.1.1996) by S.R. 1995/451, reg. 24 (with reg. 23)

C2Pt. IV modified (21.6.1996) by S.I. 1996/1342, reg. 3, Sch. 1

Pt. IV modified (8.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2325, reg. 7(1)(2), 8 (as amended: (E.) (20.3.3001) by S.I. 2001/541, reg. 7(a); (W.) (1.8.2001) by S.I. 2001/2253, reg. 7(a))

Pt. IV extended (W.) (1.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/343, reg. 22

C3Pt. IV (except s. 78(10)): Functions of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State for Scotland or the Secretary of State for Wales transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (27.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3141, art. 2(1)(5), 3, Sch.

Pt. IV: power to make regulations amended (E.W.) (temp.) by S.I. 2000/656, reg. 14

C4Pt. IV amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 1999/2325 reg. 7 (W.) (1.5.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/989), regs. 1(1), 7

C7Pt. IV modified by S.I. 1999/1663 reg. 6A (as inserted (S.) (26.6.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/277), regs. 1(1), 6)

C8Pt. IV amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 1999/2325, regs. 7, 8 (S.) (26.6.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/277), regs. 1(1), 9, 10

Obligations relating to material sold and prepared for sale.U.K.

[F173A

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, any person who—

(a)sells any material for use as a feeding stuff, or

(b)has on his premises, for the purpose of selling it in the course of trade for such use, any material which is ready for sale,

shall be guilty of an offence if the material is found, or if a sampled portion of the material is shown by an analysis of the sample taken from it, to be unwholesome for or to be dangerous to animals of any description prescribed for the purpose of definition of “feeding stuff" in section 66(1) of this Act, or to be unwholesome for or to be dangerous to, pet animals or, through the consumption of the products of an animal fed with the material, dangerous to human beings.

(2)If in proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) of this section the person charged proves that he sold the material in question or, in a case under paragraph (b) of that subsection, that he intended to sell it, as suitable only for animals of a specified kind, then—

(a)in the case of proceedings for an offence of selling, or having for sale, material which is unwholesome for, or dangerous to animals he shall not be convicted by reason of the fact that the material is found, or a sampled portion of it is shown, to be unwholesome only for or, as the case may be, dangerous only to animals of a kind different from that specified;

(b)in the case of proceedings for an offence of selling, or having for sale, material dangerous to human beings, he shall not be convicted by reason of the fact that the material is found, or the sampled portion of it is shown, to be dangerous to human beings only if fed to animals of a kind different from that specified.

(3)If in proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) of this section the person charged proves that he sold the material or, in a case under paragraph (b) of that subsection, that he intended to sell it for use in accordance with written instructions given by him to the purchaser he shall not be convicted by reason of the fact that the material is found, or the sampled portion of it is shown, to be unwholesome or, as the case may be, dangerous only if used otherwise than in accordance with the instructions given.

(4)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 73A inserted by S.I. 1982/980, reg. 7

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13S. 73A modified (E.) (29.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2481, reg. 20(3)

s. 73A modified (W.) (1.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/343, reg. 18(3)

C14S. 73A(1) modified (S.)(31.1.2001) by S.S.I. 2000/453, reg. 20(2)