The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

PART V CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE EGGS (MARKETING STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 1995

1.  In regulation 2, after the definition of “the Act” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;”.

2.  For paragraph (2) of regulation 4, there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2) In so far as any Community provisions do not relate to the matters to which paragraph (1) of this regulation relates—

(a) the Minister shall enforce and execute those covered by paragraph (a) of the definition of “Community provision” in regulation 2(1); and

(b) the Agency shall enforce and execute those covered by paragraph (b) of that definition.”.

3.  In regulation 5—

(a) after the words “Community provision”, in both places where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “covered by regulation 4(2)”; and

(b) for the words “of the Minister”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “of the authority given, by regulation 4(2), the function of enforcing that provision”.

4.  For regulation 6 there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“6.   If so required by notice in writing served on him by or on behalf of the Minister or the Agency, any person carrying on any activity regulated by any Community provision covered by regulation 4(2)(a) or (b) shall keep or cause to be kept such records as the Minister or, as the case may be, the Agency, may reasonably require for the purpose of enforcing or executing any such provision and shall provide the Minister or, as the case may be, the Agency, with such records as he or, as the case may be, it, may from time to time require.”.

5.  In regulation 8(1)(a), for the words “to him by an authorised officer of the Minister or of a food authority” there shall be substituted the words “of him”.