PART 4U.K.Administration and Enforcement Generally

Application of various provisions of the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) RegulationsU.K.

29.—(1) The following provisions of the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999(1) apply, subject to the modifications specified in paragraph (2), for the purposes of these Regulations as they apply in relation to sampling and analysis under those Regulations —

(a)regulation 2 (prescribed amount for the purposes of a sampled portion);

(b)regulation 3 (manner of taking and sealing samples);

(c)regulation 4 (method of sending samples);

(d)regulation 5 (qualifications of agricultural analysts);

(e)regulation 6 (application of methods of analysis);

(f)regulation 7 (form of certificate of analysis);

(g)regulation 8 (time limit for analysis of oil content);

(h)Schedule 1 (detailed rules for sampling);

(i)Schedule 2 (methods of analysis);

(j)Schedule 3 (form of certificate of analysis)

(2) The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 as they apply in relation to England shall be read as if in those Regulations —

(a)any reference to “feeding stuffs” were a reference to “feed”;

(b)any reference to “ inspector” were a reference to “authorised officer”;

(c)for the expression “analysed pursuant to the Act” there were substituted “analysed for the purposes of carrying out official controls and the enforcement of specified feed law as that term is defined in the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005”;

(d)in regulation 4, for the expression “in pursuance of subsection (1)(b) or (2) of section 77 of the Act” there were substituted “under regulation 30(1)(b) and (c) of the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005”;

(e)in regulation 7, for the expression “pursuant to section 77(4) of the Act” there were substituted “under regulation 30(4) of the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005”;

(f)in Schedule 1, in paragraph 5(1) of Part II for the expression “in accordance with section 76(7) of the Act as that section is modified by regulation 10 of the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999” there were substituted “under regulation 24(6) of the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005”;

(g)in Schedule 3 —

(i)in Part I after the expression “Part IV of the Agriculture Act 1970” there were inserted “ or of the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005”;

(ii)in Part II in note (1) after the expression “the Agriculture Act 1970” there were added “or the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005”.

(1)

S.I. 1999/1663, as amended in relation to England by S.I. 2001/541, S.I. 2002/892, S.I. 2003/1296, S.I. 2004/2146 and S.I. 2005/—— (the Feeding Stuffs (England) Regulations 2005).