The Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001

Title, commencement and application E+W

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001, shall come into force on 1st March 2001 and shall apply to Wales.

Interpretation E+W

2.—(1)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Agriculture Act 1970;

“additive” (“ychwanegyn”) means a substance or preparation used in animal nutrition in order to —

(a)

affect favourably the characteristics of feed materials, compound feeding stuffs or animal products,

(b)

satisfy the nutritional needs of animals or improve animal production (in particular by affecting the gastro-intestinal flora or the digestibility of feeding stuffs),

(c)

introduce into nutrition elements conducive to obtaining particular nutritional objectives or to meeting the nutritional needs of animals at a particular time, or

(d)

prevent or reduce the harmful effects caused by animal excretions or improve the animal environment, but excludes everything excluded from coverage of the Additives Directive by Article 1.2 and 1.3 thereof;

“the Additives Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Ychwanegion”) means Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feeding stuffs M1 ;

“the Agency” (“yr Asiantaeth”) means the Food Standards Agency;

“ash” (“lludw”) means the matter which results from the treatment of a feeding stuff in accordance with the appropriate procedure set out in the method of analysis for ash specified in Point 5 of the Annex to Directive 71/250/EEC M2 ;

“authorised” (“awdurdodedig”), in relation to any additive, or the name of any additive, save in the expressions “authorised intermediate product” (“cynnyrch canolradd awdurdodedig”) and “authorised medicated premix” (“rhag-gymysgedd meddyginiaethol awdurdodedig”), and subject to paragraph 2 below, means authorised in or under the Additives Directive, and “authorisation” (“awdurdodi”) shall be construed accordingly;

“authorised intermediate product” (“cynnyrch canolradd awdurdodedig”) and “authorised medicated premix” (“rhag-gymysgedd meddyginiaethol awdurdodedig”) have the meanings given in regulation 2(1) of the Medicated Feedingstuffs Regulations 1998 M3 ;

“the Certain Products Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Cynhyrchion Penodol”) means Directive 82/471/EEC concerning certain products used in animal nutrition M4 ;

“complementary feeding stuff”, (“porthiant cydategol”) subject to [F1 regulation 12(6)], means a compound feeding stuff which has a high content of certain substances and which, by reason of its composition, is sufficient for a daily ration only if it is used in combination with other feeding stuffs;

“complete feeding stuff” (“porthiant cyflawn”), subject to [F1 regulation 12(6)], means a compound feeding stuff which, by reason of its composition, is sufficient to ensure a daily ration;

[F2 “compound feeding stuff” has the same meaning as in the Compound Feeding Stuffs Directive;]

“the Compound Feeding Stuffs Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Porthiant Cyfansawdd”) means Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feeding stuffs M5 ;

“daily ration” (“dogn dyddiol”) means the average total quantity of feeding stuff, expressed on a 12% moisture basis, required daily by an animal of a given kind, age group and level of production in order to satisfy all its nutritional needs;

“dossier” (“coflen”) means a dossier compiled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Dossiers Directive and which includes —

(a)

an identification note (containing where applicable the information specified in Article 9o.1 of the Additives Directive),

(b)

any monograph supplied pursuant to Article 9n.3 of the Additives Directive, and

(c)

in the case of an additive to which Article 7a of the Additives Directive applies, the documents referred to in the indented paragraphs of the first paragraph of that Article;

“the Dossiers Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Goflenni”) means Council Directive 87/153/EEC fixing guidelines for the assessment of additives in animal nutrition M6 ;

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“energy value” (“gwerth egni”) means the energy value of a feeding stuff calculated in accordance with the relevant method specified in Schedule 1;

[F4 “the Enforcement Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Gorfodi”) means Council Directive 95/53/EC fixing the principles governing the organisation of official inspections in the field of animal nutrition M7 as amended by Council Directive 1999/20/EC M8 , Directive 2000/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council M9 and Directive 2001/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council M10 ;]

“establishment” (“sefydliad”) has the meaning given by Article 1.3(b) of the Establishments Directive;

“the Establishments Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Sefydliadau”) means Council Directive 95/69/EC laying down the conditions and arrangements for approving and registering certain establishments and intermediaries operating in the animal feed sector and amending Directives 70/524/EEC, 74/63/EEC, 79/373/EEC and 82/471/EEC M11 ;

“European Economic Area Agreement” (“Cytundeb Ardal Economaidd Ewrop”) means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 M12 ;

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“European Economic Area state” (“gwladwriaeth Ardal Economaidd Ewrop”) means a State which is a Contracting Party to the European Economic Area Agreement;

“fat” (“braster”) means the extract obtained following the treatment of a feeding stuff in accordance with the appropriate procedure set out in the method of analysis for oils and fats specified in Part IV of the Annex to Directive 71/393/EEC M13 ;

“feed material” (“deunydd porthiant”)F5 ... means —

(a)

any product of vegetable or animal origin, in its natural state, fresh or preserved;

(b)

any product derived from such a product by industrial processing; or

(c)

any organic or inorganic substance,

specified in Part II or III of Schedule 2, (whether or not containing any additive) and for use in oral feeding to pet animals or farmed creatures, directly as such, or after processing, in the preparation of a compound feeding stuff or as a carrier of a premixture;

“the Feed Materials Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Deunyddiau Porthiant”) means Council Directive 96/25/EC on the circulation of feed materials, amending Directives 70/524/EEC, 74/63/EEC, 82/471/EEC and 93/74/EEC and repealing Directive 77/101/EEC M14 ;

“feeding stuff” (“porthiant”), subject to [F1 regulation 12(7)], has the meaning attributed to it by section 66(1) as modified by regulation 18(1)(a);

“feeding stuff intended for a particular nutritional purpose” (“porthiant a fwriedir ar gyfer diben maethiadol penodol”) means a compound feeding stuff, the composition or method of manufacture of which distinguishes it from other feeding stuffs and from the type of products covered by the Medicated Feedingstuffs Directive, and in respect of which any indication is given that it is intended for a particular nutritional purpose;

“fibre” (ffeibr”) means the organic matter calculated following the treatment of a feeding stuff in accordance with the procedure set out in the method of analysis for fibre specified in Point 3 of Annex 1 to Directive 73/46/EEC M15 ;

“identification note” (“nodyn adnabod”) has the same meaning as in the Additives Directive;

“intermediary” (“cyfryngwr”) has the meaning given by Article 1.3(c) of the Establishments Directive;

“mammalian meat and bone meal” (“blawd cig ac esgyrn mamaliaid”) has the meaning given in Article 4(1) of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996 M16 ;

“the Medicated Feedingstuffs Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Porthiant Meddyginiaethol”) means Council Directive 90/167/EEC laying down the conditions governing the preparation, placing on the market and use of medicated feedingstuffs in the Community M17 ;

“Member State” (“Aelod-wladwriaeth”) means a Member State other than the United Kingdom;

“MFS prescription” (“presgripsiwn MFS”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Medicated Feedingstuffs Regulations 1998 M18 ;

“micro-organism” (“micro-organedd”) has the meaning given by Article 2(aa) of the Additives Directive;

“milk replacer feed” (“porthiant sy'n cymryd lle llaeth”) means a compound feeding stuff administered in dry form, or after reconstitution with a given quantity of liquid, for feeding young animals as a supplement to, or substitute for, post-colostral milk or for feeding calves intended for slaughter;

“mineral feeding stuff” (“porthiant mwynol”) means a complementary feeding stuff which is composed mainly of minerals and which contains at least 40% by weight of ash;

“minimum storage life” (“isafswm oes storio”) means, in relation to a compound feeding stuff, the date until which, under proper storage conditions, that feeding stuff retains its specific properties;

“moisture” (“lleithedd”) means water and other volatile material determined in accordance with the procedure set out in the method of analysis for moisture specified in Part I of the Annex to Directive 71/393/EEC M19 ;

“molassed feeding stuff” (“porthiant triagl”) means a complementary feeding stuff prepared from molasses and which contains at least 14% by weight of total sugar expressed as sucrose;

“monograph” (“monograff”) has the same meaning as in the Additives Directive;

“name” (“enw”), in relation to any additive specified in any of Parts I to VIII of the Table to Schedule 3, means the name specified for that additive in that Table, and in relation to any other additive means its authorised name;

“the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

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“oil” (“olew”) means the extract obtained following the treatment of a feeding stuff in accordance with the appropriate procedure set out in the method of analysis for oils and fats specified in Part IV of the Annex to Directive 71/393/EEC M20 ;

“particular nutritional purpose” (“diben maethiadol penodol”) means the purpose of satisfying any nutritional requirement of pet animals or productive livestock, the process of assimilation or absorption of which, or the metabolism of which, may be temporarily impaired, or is temporarily or permanently impaired, and which may therefore benefit from ingestion of a feeding stuff capable of achieving that purpose;

“pet animal” (“anifail anwes”) has the same meaning as in the Additives Directive;

“pet food” (“bwyd anifeiliaid anwes”) means a feeding stuff for pet animals and “compound pet food” (“bwyd cyfansawdd anifeiliaid anwes”) shall be construed accordingly;

“premixture” (“rhag-gymysgedd”) means a mixture of additives, or a mixture of one or more additives with substances used as carriers, intended for the manufacture of feeding stuffs;

[F6 “product intended for animal feed” means any product used or intended for use in feed for pet animals, farmed creatures or animals living freely in the wild;]

“protein” (“protein”), except in paragraphs 12(2), 13, 28(2) and 29 of Part I of Schedule 4, and subject to paragraph (3) below, means the matter obtained as a result of treatment of a feeding stuff in accordance with the procedure set out in the method of analysis for protein specified in Point 2 of Annex 1 to Directive 72/199/EEC M21 ;

“protein equivalent of biuret, diureidoisobutane, urea or urea phosphate” (“protein sy'n cyfateb i fiwret, diwreidoisobwtan, wrea neu ffosffad wrea”), in relation to an amount of biuret, diureidoisobutane, urea and urea phosphate nitrogen, means that amount multiplied by 6.25;

[F7 “put into circulation” means sell or otherwise transfer, have in possession with a view to selling or otherwise transferring, or offer for sale, in each case to a third party, but in regulation 12 also means import into Wales from a country which is neither an European Economic Area State nor part of an European Economic Area State;]

“registered veterinarian” (“milfeddyg cofrestredig”) has the same meaning as in the Medicated Feedingstuffs Directive;

“starch” (“starts”) means the matter obtained as the result of treatment of a feeding stuff in accordance with the procedure set out in the second method of analysis for starch specified in Point 1 of Annex 1 to Directive 72/199/EEC M22 ;

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[F8 “undesirable substance” means any substance or product, not being a pathogenic agent, which is contained in or is on a product intended for animal feed and —

(a)

constitutes a potential danger to animal or human health or the environment; or

(b)

could adversely affect livestock production;]

“zootechnical additive” (“ychwanegyn söotechnegol”) means an additive belonging to one or more of the groups of additives specified in Part I of Annex C to the Additives Directive;

“zootechnical feeding stuff” (“porthiant söotechnegol”) means a feeding stuff that contains a zootechnical additive or zootechnical premixture; and

“zootechnical premixture” (“rhag-gymysgedd söotechnegol”) means a premixture that contains a zootechnical additive.

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(3) For the purposes of paragraphs 12(1) and 28(1) of Part I of Schedule 4, “protein” has the meaning given to it by article 4(1) of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996 M23 .

(4) In these Regulations, “botanical purity” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 2 of Section II of Part A of the Annex to the Feed Materials Directive.

(5) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.

(6) Where, in any sub-heading, textual provision or, as the case may be, tabular or other entry in a Schedule to these Regulations, a numbered reference to a footnote appears, the footnote so numbered shall be treated as amplifying the sub-heading or textual provision or as included in the tabular or other entry.

(7) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered section shall, unless the reference is to a section of a specified Act, be construed as a reference to the section bearing that number in the Act.

[F10 (8) Any reference in these Regulations to a Community instrument shall be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended on the date the Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 are made.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.8.2003) by virtue of The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1850), regs. 1(1), 3(a)(ii)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.8.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1850), regs. 1(1), 3(a)(iii)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) revoked (1.8.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1850), regs. 1(1), 3(a)(i)

F4 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.5.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/989), regs. 1(1), 3

F5 Words in reg. 2(1) revoked (1.8.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1850), regs. 1(1), 3(a)(iv)

F6 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.8.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1850), regs. 1(1), 3(a)(v)

F7 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.8.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1850), regs. 1(1), 3(a)(vi)

F8 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.8.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1850), regs. 1(1), 3(a)(vii)

F9 Reg. 2(2) omitted (3.11.2001) by virtue of The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 3(b)

F10 Reg. 2(8) substituted (1.8.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1850), regs. 1(1), 3(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ No. L270, 14.12.70, p.11 (OJ/SE Vol. 18, p.4) last amended by Council Directive 1999/20/EC (OJ No. L80, 25.3.1999, p.20).

M2 OJ No.L155, 12.7.71, p.13 (OJ/SE 1971(II), p.480).

M3 S.I. 1998/1046 (to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations).

M4 OJ No. L213, 21.7.82, p.8. Last amended by Council Directive 1999/20/EC (OJ No. L80, 25.3.1999, p.20).

M5 OJ No. L86, 6.4.79, p.30. Last amended by Directive 2000/16 of the European Parliament and the Council (O.J. No. L105, 3.5.2000, p.36).

M6 OJ No. L64, 7.3.87, p.19. Last amended by Commission Directive 95/11/EC (OJ No. L106, 11.5.95, p.23).

M7 OJ No. L265, 8.11.95, p.17.

M8 OJ No. L80, 25.3.99, p.20.

M9 OJ No. L333, 29.12.2000, p.81.

M10 OJ No. L234, 1.9.2001, p.55.

M11 OJ No. L332, 30.12.95, p.15. Last amended by Council Directive 1999/20/EC (OJ No. L80, 25.3.1999, p.20).

M12 The reference for the European Economic Area Agreement is OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p.1. The reference for the Protocol signed on 17th March 1993 is OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p.571.

M13 OJ No. L279, 20.12.71, p.7 (OJ/SE 1971 (III), p.987). (Part IV was replaced entirely by Annex 1 to Directive 84/4/EEC (OJ No. L15, 18.1.84, p.28). That Annex was in turn replaced entirely by Part B of the Annex to Directive 98/64/EC (OJ No. L257, 19.9.98, p.14)).

M14 OJ No. L125, 23.5.96, p.35. Last amended by Directive 2000/16 of the European Parliament and the Council (OJ No. L105, 3.5.2000, p.36).

M15 OJ No. L83, 30.3.73, p.21. (Point 3 of Annex 1 was replaced entirely by the Annex to Directive 92/89/EEC) (OJ No. L344, 26.11.92, p.35)).

M16 S.I. 1996/3183. The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1999/921.

M17 OJ No. L92, 7.4.90, p.42.

M18 S.I. 1998/1046.

M19 OJ No. L279, 20.12.71, p.7 (OJ/SE 1971 (III), p.987), amended by Article 1 of Directive 73/47/EEC (OJ No.L83, 30.3.73, p.35).

M20 OJ No. L279, 20.12.71, p.7 (OJ/SE 1871 (III), p.987). (Part IV was replaced entirely by Annex 1 to Directive 84/4/EEC (OJ No. L15, 18.1.84, p.28). That Annex was in turn replaced entirely by Part B of the Annex to Directive 98/64/EC (OJ No. L257, 19.9.98, p.14).

M21 OJ No. L123, 29.5.72, p.6 (OJ/SE 1966-1972 supplement, p.74), (Point 2 of Annex 1 has been replaced by the Annex to Directive 93/28/EEC (OJ No.179, 22.7.93, p.8)).

M22 OJ No. L123, 29.5.72, p.6 (OJ/SE 1966-1972 supplement, p.74), (Point 1 of Annex 1 has been replaced entirely by the Annex to Directive 1999/79/EC (OJ No. L209, 7.8.1999, p.25)).

M23 S.I. 1996/3183.

Prescribed material E+W

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, for the purposes of these Regulations, the material prescribed for the purposes of sections 68(1) and 69(1) shall be any material usable as a feeding stuff, and any material usable as a feed material, premixture or additive in such a feeding stuff.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above, section 68(2) shall cease to apply.

Matters required or permitted to be contained in a statutory statement or otherwise declared E+W

4.  The particulars, information and instructions required, and the particulars, information and instructions permitted, to be contained in a statutory statement, or otherwise declared, shall be as specified in, and shall comply with, the provisions of Schedule 4 (save in respect of additives and premixtures not contained in feeding stuffs) and Schedule 5 (in respect of additives and premixtures not contained in feeding stuffs).

Forms of statutory statement E+W

5.—(1) Subject to the provisions relating to small quantities of feeding stuffs contained in the second paragraph of Article 16.6 of the Additives Directive (which shall be observed, where applicable), and to Article 5.2 of the Compound Feedings Stuffs Directive and paragraph (2) below, the statutory statement —

(a) in the case of any prescribed material delivered in a package or other container, shall —

(i) be a label attached to that package or container; or

(ii) be clearly marked directly thereon, and

(b) in the case of any prescribed material delivered in bulk, shall take the form of a document relating to and accompanying each consignment.

(2) In the case of any feed material sold in a quantity not exceeding 10 kg, and supplied directly to the final user, the statutory statement may be given in the form of a notice in writing.

(3) The particulars, information and instructions required or permitted to be contained in the statutory statement shall —

(a) be clearly separate from any other information;

(b) subject to paragraphs (5) and (6) below, be in English or in Welsh; and

(c) be legible and indelible.

(4) For the purposes of section 69 (marking of material prepared for sale), prescribed material which is contained in a package or other container shall be labelled or marked in the manner prescribed in relation to such material in paragraph (1) or, where applicable, (2), above, and such material in bulk shall be marked by the display in as close proximity to the material as may be practicable of a document relating thereto.

(5) In the case of any compound feeding stuff or feed material which is intended for export to a Member State, the statutory statement shall be in one or more official Community languages, as determined by that Member State.

(6) In the case of any feeding stuff, not being a zootechnical feeding stuff, which is intended for export to a European Economic Area State which is not a Member State, the statutory statement shall comply with the requirements of Article 18 of the Additives Directive as if the European Economic Area State were a Member State.

Register of marks E+W

6.—(1) As respects any feed material, the matters required by section 69(1) to be marked on that material may be denoted by a mark, the meaning of which can be ascertained by reference to a register kept in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In the case of any compound feeding stuff, not being of a standard formulation on general sale by the seller concerned, which is specially manufactured or mixed to the order of a purchaser —

(a) there shall be an indication in a document, label or notice, which is readily apparent and unequivocally associated with the material, of the type of feeding stuff, and of the name or trade name, and of the address or registered office, of the manufacturer, and

(b) the other matters required by section 69(1) to be marked on the material may be denoted by a mark, the meaning of which can be ascertained by reference to a register kept in accordance with this regulation.

(3) The register shall show those matters to which the mark relates, being matters required to be contained in a statutory statement relating to the material to which the mark relates, and the date of entry of those particulars in the register, and entries relating to material of a kind mentioned in paragraph (2) above shall include the name and address of the purchaser, the date of the order and the amount ordered.

(4) The register shall be kept as a separate record in book form, marked on the outside “Register of marks under section 69(6) of the Agriculture Act 1970” and/or “Cofrestr marciau o dan adran 69(6) o Ddeddf Amaethyddiaeth 1970” and shall be kept on the premises where the material is held for the purpose of selling it in the course of trade for use as a feeding stuff, save that, if the material is not in the premises of the person who has the material for sale, the register shall be kept on those premises.

(5) The period for which the register is to be preserved in accordance with section 69(7) shall be six months, commencing on the first day on which none of the materials referred to in the register remains on the premises, for sale as aforesaid.

(6) The register shall be made and kept by the seller concerned.

Limits of variation E+W

7.— [F11 (1) Section 74(2) shall have effect as if after the words “this Part of this Act” there were inserted the words “or the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 as amended by the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 M24 , the Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 M25 , the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 M26 , the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 M27 , the Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 M28 and the Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2003”.]

(2) For the purposes of section 74, as modified by paragraph (1) above, the limits of variation in relation to any mis-statement in a statutory statement, document or mark, as to the nature, substance or quality of a feeding stuff or feed material, where the mis-statement relates to —

(a) any analytical constituent specified in the first column of—

(i) Part A of Schedule 6 (where the feeding stuff is a compound feeding stuff not intended for pets),

(ii) Part B of Schedule 6 (where the feeding stuff is a compound pet food), or

(iii) Part C of Schedule 6 (in the case of a feed material),

(b) any vitamin or trace element specified in the first column of Part D of that Schedule, or

(c) the energy value of any feeding stuff specified in the first column of Part E of that Schedule,

shall be as set out with respect to that constituent or, as the case may be, vitamin, trace element or feeding stuff, in the corresponding entry in the second column of the relevant Part of that Schedule.

(3) Particulars with respect to any material which are contained in a statutory statement, or in any document, or which are marked on, or denoted by a mark on, the material, shall not, for the purposes of Part IV of the Act or of these Regulations, be treated as false by reason of any mis-statement therein as to the nature, substance or quality of the material, if —

[F12 (a) the material was first sold, or otherwise put into circulation, in a member State or in a European Economic Area state (other than the United Kingdom) which is not a member State,

(b) the mis-statement did not, at the time of putting into circulation, exceed any limits of variation prescribed in relation thereto in the State concerned, and]

(c) any such limits were in accordance with any applicable European Community Directive.

Textual Amendments

F11 Reg. 7(1) substituted (3.12.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3119), regs. 1(2), 3(2)

F12 Reg. 7(3)(a)(b) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 5

Marginal Citations

M24 S.I. 2001/2253 (W. 163).

M25 S.I. 2001/3461 (W. 280).

M26 S.I. 2002/1797 (W. 172).

M27 S.I. 2003/989 (W. 138).

M28 S.I. 2003/1850 (W. 200).

Assigned meanings E+W

8.  For the purposes of section 70, there shall be assigned to the expressions “complementary feeding stuff”, “complete feeding stuff”, “compound feeding stuff”, “feeding stuff”, “milk replacer feed”, “mineral feeding stuff” and “molassed feeding stuff” in each case the meaning given by regulation 2(1) to the expression concerned.

Manner of packaging and sealing compound feeding stuffs, additives and premixtures E+W

9.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, [F13 no person shall put into circulation a compound feeding stuff, or sell any additive or premixture], unless it is in a bag or container, and that bag or container is sealed in such a way that, when the bag or container is opened, the seal is damaged and cannot be re-used.

(2) Compound feeding stuffs may be [F14 put into circulation] in bulk, in unsealed bags or in unsealed containers, in the case of —

(a) deliveries between producers [F15 of compound feeding stuffs or those putting them into circulation];

(b) deliveries from producers of compound feeding stuffs to packaging enterprises;

(c) compound feeding stuffs obtained by mixing grain or whole fruit;

(d) blocks or licks;

(e) small quantities not exceeding 50 kg in weight, which are intended for the final user and are taken directly from a bag or container which, before opening, complied with the sealing provision in paragraph (1) above.

(3) Compound feeding stuffs may be [F14 put into circulation] in bulk, or in unsealed containers, but not in unsealed bags, in the case of —

(a) direct deliveries from the producer to the final user;

(b) molassed feeding stuffs consisting of less than three feed materials;

(c) pelleted feeding stuffs.

Textual Amendments

F13 Words in reg. 9(1) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 6(a)

F14 Words in reg. 9(2)(3) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 6(b)

F15 Words in reg. 9(2)(a) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 6(c)

Control of feed materials E+W

10.—(1) No person shall put into circulation any feed material of a description specified in column (3) of Part II of Schedule 2, under a name other than that specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part.

(2) No person shall put into circulation any feed material of a description specified in column (1) of Part III of Schedule 2, except under a name or description, or a name and description (other than one specified in that column or in column (2) of Part II of that Schedule) sufficiently specific to indicate the nature of the material.

(3) No person shall —

(a) put into circulation any feed material of a description specified in column (3) of Part II of Schedule 2, and which has a name specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part which includes a common name or term specified in column (4) of Part I of that Schedule, or

(b) [F16 put into circulation] any compound feeding stuff containing any such feed material,

unless, in either case, the feed material was prepared by the process specified, in relation to the common name or term, in column (2), and described in column (3), of Part I of that Schedule.

(4) No person shall put into circulation any feed material, or [F17 put into circulation], any compound feeding stuff containing any feed material, unless —

(a) in the case of any feed material of a description specified in column (3) of Part II of Schedule 2 —

(i) the botanical purity by weight of the feed material is not less than the percentage (if any) specified in relation to it in column (3) of Part II of that Schedule or, if none is specified, is not less than 95%; and

(ii) the feed material complies with the requirements of paragraph 1 of Section II of Part A of the Annex to the Feed Materials Directive, and

(b) in the case of any feed material of a description specified in column (1) of Part III of that Schedule —

(i) the botanical purity by weight of the feed material is not less than 95%; and

(ii) the feed material complies with the requirements of paragraph 1 of Section II as aforesaid.

(5) No person shall use any feed material to bind another feed material, if the quantity of the feed material so used exceeds 3% of the total weight of the feed material bound.

[F18 (6) Without prejudice to sections 73 and 73A, no person shall import into Wales from any country which is neither a member State, nor an European Economic Area state which is not a member State, nor another part of the United Kingdom, supply (otherwise than on sale) or have in possession with a view to so supplying, any feed material, or use any feed material, which is deleterious or dangerous to farmed creatures, to pet animals or, through consumption of the products of any animal fed with the feed material, to human beings.

(6A) No person shall import into Wales from any country which is neither a member State, nor an European Economic Area state which is not a member State, nor another part of the United Kingdom, sell or have in possession with a view to sale, supply (otherwise than on sale) or have in possession with a view to so supplying, any feed material, or use any feed material, which is deleterious to the environment.]

(7) No person shall put into circulation any feed material in a manner likely to mislead.

(8) In paragraph 4(a) above “description” shall be taken to exclude any botanical purity requirement.

Textual Amendments

F16 Words in reg. 10(3)(b) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 7(1)(2)

F17 Words in reg. 10(4) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 7(1)(2)

F18 Reg. 10(6)(6A) substituted for reg. 10(6) (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 8

Control of additives in feeding stuffs E+W

11.—(1) No person shall use an additive for the purpose of animal nutrition unless any incorporation thereof in a feeding stuff accords with paragraphs (2) to (4) below.

(2) Subject to regulation 21 and paragraph (8) below, no person shall carry out a relevant activity in relation to an additive, unless —

(a) where the additive is not contained in any feeding stuff —

(i) the additive is —

(aa) permitted to be contained in material intended for use as a feeding stuff pursuant to paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 or,

(bb) specified in any of Parts I to VIII of the Table to Schedule 3 M29 , or

(ii) the relevant activity relates to an additive authorised under any European Community Regulation specified in Part IX of that Table,

(b) where the additive is contained in a feeding stuff, it is covered by sub-paragraph (a) above and, where applicable, the feeding stuff or, as the case may be, the relevant activity, complies with the relevant requirements specified in Schedule 3 or, as the case may be, with the relevant conditions required to be observed for compliance with the European Community Regulation concerned.

(3) In paragraph (2) above, “relevant activity”, in relation to an additive, means any one or more of the following —

(a) the putting into circulation for use as a feeding stuff of any material containing the additive,

(b) the use as a feeding stuff of any material containing the additive,

(c) the putting of the additive into circulation, for incorporation in a feeding stuff,

(d) the incorporation of the additive in a feeding stuff.

(4) Without prejudice to paragraph (2) above, no person shall incorporate any additive into a feed material, unless —

(a) (where the additive is listed in any of Parts I to VIII of the Table to Schedule 3) the expression “all feeding stuffs” appears, opposite to that additive, whether or not accompanied by qualifying words, in the column headed “Conditions” in the Part concerned,

(b) (where the additive is otherwise authorised) it is indicated in the European Community Regulation concerned that such incorporation is permitted, or

(c) the additive is permitted to be contained in material pursuant to paragraph 5(1) of that Schedule.

(5) Paragraphs (1) to (4) above shall not apply to any additive which is —

(a) for use in accordance with an MFS prescription issued by a registered veterinarian, pursuant to regulation 29 of the Medicated Feedingstuffs Regulations 1998,

(b) an authorised medicated premix,

(c) an authorised intermediate product, or

(d) a zootechnical additive.

(6) Subject to paragraph (8) below, no person shall put into circulation, for use as a feeding stuff, any complementary feeding stuff which, when diluted as specified by the manufacturer for feeding to animals, contains any additive specified in any of Parts I to VIII of the Table to Schedule 3, or which is authorised by any European Community Regulation specified in Part IX of that Table, at a level exceeding that specified for that additive in the Part concerned or in the European Community Regulation, in relation to complete feeding stuffs.

(7) No person shall —

(a) mix in a premixture or feeding stuff, with an additive which is not a zootechnical additive, another additive which is not a zootechnical additive, unless such mixing is in accordance with Article 9q2 of the Additives Directive, or

(b) mix a micro-organism with a zootechnical additive, unless such mixture is permitted as specified in Article 9q4 of the Additives Directive.

(8) Paragraph (2) above, in so far as it regulates “putting into circulation”, and paragraph (6) above, shall not apply in relation to any additive which is excluded from the application of the Additives Directive by Article 22 thereof.

(9) No person shall use as a feeding stuff any material containing any additive, not being one permitted to be contained in material pursuant to paragraph 5(1) of, or referred to in any of Parts I to VIII of, the Table to, Schedule 3, or which is otherwise authorised, which is deleterious to farmed creatures, to pet animals, to human beings or to the environment.

Marginal Citations

M29 Parts I to VIII relate only to additives regulated by European Community Directives. Part IX relate only to additives regulated by European Community Regulation.

[F19 Control of products intended for animal feed containing undesirable substances E+W

12.— (1) No person shall —

(a) put into circulation any product intended for animal feed which is specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7; or

(b) use any such product for animal feed,

if it contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of that Part in excess of the level specified for it in column 3 of that Part.

(2) No person shall put into circulation, or use as a feeding stuff, any complementary feeding stuff if —

(a) having regard to the quantity of it recommended for use in a daily ration, it contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 7 in excess of the level specified for it in column 3 of that Part in relation to complete feeding stuffs; and

(b) there is no provision relating to any complementary feeding stuff in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part.

(3) No person shall mix any product intended for animal feed which is specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7 and which contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of that Part in excess of the level specified for it in column 3 of that Part for the purpose of dilution with any product intended for animal feed.

(4) No person shall put into circulation any product intended for animal feed or use any such product for animal feed unless it is —

(a) sound and genuine; and

(b) of merchantable quality.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4) above, a product intended for animal feed which is specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7 is not sound, genuine and of merchantable quality if it contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of that Part in excess of the level specified in relation to it in column 3 of that Part.

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above “feeding stuff” means —

(a) a product of vegetable origin in its natural state (whether fresh or preserved);

(b) a product derived from the industrial processing of such a product; or

(c) an organic or inorganic substance, used singly or in a mixture,

whether or not containing additives, for oral feeding to pet animals, to farmed creatures or to animals living freely in the wild, and “complementary feeding stuff” and “complete feeding stuff” shall be construed accordingly.]

Textual Amendments

F19 Reg. 12 substituted (1.8.2003) by virtue of The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1850), regs. 1(1), 5

Control of compound feeding stuffs containing prohibited materials E+W

13.—(1) No person shall [F20 put into circulation], for use as a compound feeding stuff, or use as a compound feeding stuff, any material which contains —

(a) faeces, urine or separated digestive tract contents resulting from the emptying or removal of the digestive tract, irrespective of any form of treatment or admixture;

(b) hide treated with tanning substances, including its waste;

(c) seeds or other plant propagating materials which, after harvest, have undergone specific treatment with plant protection products for their intended propagation, or derived by-products;

(d) wood, sawdust or other materials derived from wood treated with wood protection products;

[F21 (e) subject to paragraph (3) below, waste (whether or not subjected, or to be subjected, to further processing) obtained from the treatment of “urban waste water”, “domestic waste water” or “industrial waste water” (as those terms are defined in Article 2 of Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment), whatever the origin of the waste water concerned;]

(f) solid urban waste, such as household waste;

(g) untreated waste from eating places, except food stuffs of vegetable origin considered unsuitable for human consumption for reasons of freshness; or

(h) packaging and parts of packaging from products used in agriculture or the food industry.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above, except sub-paragraph (e), “waste” shall mean material of any applicable category listed in Annex 1 to Council Directive 75/442/EEC M30 on waste, which is discarded or intended or required to be discarded.

[F22 (3) For the purposes of paragraph 1(e) above, the term “waste water” shall be construed in accordance with the second paragraph of point 5 of the Annex to Commission Decision 91/516/EEC establishing a list of ingredients whose use is prohibited in compound feeding stuffs.]

Textual Amendments

F20 Words in reg. 13(1) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 7(1)(2)

F21 Reg. 13(1)(e) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 10(a)

F22 Reg. 13(3) added (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 10(b)

Marginal Citations

M30 OJ No. L194, 25.7.75, p.39. Last amended by Commission Decision 96/350/EC (OJ No. L135, 6.6.96, p.32).

Control of certain protein sources E+W

14.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) and (4) below, no person shall sell, or have in possession with a view to sale, for use as a feeding stuff or as a protein source in a feeding stuff, any material belonging to a product group specified in column 1 of Schedule 8, unless that material —

(a) is named as a permitted product in column 2 of that Schedule; and

(b) complies with all the specifications and requirements contained in and imposed in relation thereto by columns 3 to 6 of that Schedule.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, no person shall sell, or have in possession with a view to sale, for use as a feeding stuff, or use as a feeding stuff, any product obtained from yeasts of the “Candida” variety cultivated on-n alkanes.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall not apply in relation to any material or product excluded from application of the Certain Products Directive by Article 16 thereof.

(4) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the circumstances authorised for derogation by Article 3.2 of the Certain Products Directive.

Control of the iron content of milk replacer feeds E+W

15.  No person shall [F23 put into circulation] any milk replacer feed intended for calves of up to 70 kilograms live weight, which has an iron content of less than 30 milligrams per kilogram of the complete feeding stuff at a moisture content of 12%.

Textual Amendments

F23 Words in reg. 15 substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 7(1)(2)

Control of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid in compound feeding stuffs E+W

16.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall [F24 put into circulation]—

(a) any compound feeding stuff composed mainly of rice by-products in which the level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid exceeds 3.3% of its dry matter; or

(b) any other compound feeding stuff in which the level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid exceeds 2.2% of its dry matter.

(2) Paragraph (1)(b) above shall not apply to the [F25 putting into circulation] of any compound feeding stuff which —

(a) contains permitted mineral binders named or described in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2439/1999 on the conditions for authorisation of additives belonging to the group “binders, anti-caking agents and coagulants” in feedingstuffs M31 [F26 or in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2697/2000 concerning the provisional authorisations of additives in feedingstuffs]; or

(b) is a mineral feeding stuff; or

(c) contains more than 50% of sugar beet chips or sugar beet pulp; or

(d) is intended for farmed fish and has a fish meal content of more than 15%,

if the level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid is declared in the statutory statement as a percentage of the feeding stuff as such.

Textual Amendments

F24 Words in reg. 16(1) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 7(1)(2)

F25 Words in reg. 16(2) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 11(a)

F26 Words in reg. 16(2)(a) added (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 11(b)

Marginal Citations

M31 OJ No. L297, 18.11.1999, p.8. Amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 739/2000 (OJ No. L87, 8.4.2000, p.14).

Control of feeding stuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes, and supplementary provisions relating to statutory statements E+W

17.—(1) No person shall [F27 put into circulation] any feeding stuff intended for a particular nutritional purpose unless —

(a) the particular nutritional purpose in question is specified in column 1 of Chapter A of Schedule 9;

(b) the feeding stuff possesses the essential nutritional characteristics specified opposite that particular nutritional purpose in column 2 of that Chapter;

(c) the feeding stuff is intended for animals specified opposite that particular nutritional purpose in column 3 of that Chapter;

(d) it is recommended that the feeding stuff be used for a period of time falling within the range specified opposite that particular nutritional purpose in column 5 of that Chapter;

(e) in relation to the feeding stuff, the requirements specified in paragraphs 1, 2 and 8 of Chapter B of Schedule 9 are complied with; and

(f) the composition of the feeding stuff is such that it is capable of achieving the particular nutritional purpose for which it is intended.

(2) [F28 Schedule 9] shall have effect as specified in Schedule 4.

Textual Amendments

F27 Words in reg. 17(1) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 7(1)(2)

F28 Words in reg. 17(2) substituted (5.8.2002) by The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1797), regs. 1, 4

[F29 Provision of information in relation to compound feeding stuffs for animals other than pet animals E+W

17A.   Where a person to whom a compound feeding stuff for animals other than pet animals is supplied so requests, the supplier of that compound feeding stuff shall provide the person making that request with details of the exact percentages by weight of feed materials used in that compound feeding stuff.]

Textual Amendments

F29 Reg. 17A inserted (6.11.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1850), regs. 1(1), 6

Modification of the Agriculture Act 1970 in relation to all feeding stuffs E+W

18.—(1) Sub-section (1) of section 66 shall have effect in Wales as if —

(a) for the definition of “feeding stuff” there were substituted the following definition —

““feeding stuff” means —

(a) a product of vegetable or animal origin in its natural state (whether fresh or preserved);

(b) a product derived from the industrial processing of such a product; or

(c) an organic or inorganic substance, used singly or in a mixture;

whether or not containing additives, for oral feeding to pet animals or farmed creatures;”; and

(b) for the definition of “pet animal” there were substituted the following definition —

““pet animal” has the same meaning as in Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feeding stuffs as amended;”; and

(c) before the definition of “prescribed” there were inserted the following definition—

““premixture” means a mixture of additives, or a mixture of additives with substances used as carriers, intended for the manufacture of feeding stuffs;”.

(2) Sub-section (2) of section 66 shall have effect in Wales as if for paragraph (b) there was substituted —

“(b) material shall be treated —

(i) as imported or sold for use as a feeding stuff whether it is imported or, as the case may be, sold, to be used by itself, or as an ingredient, additive or premixture in something which is to be so used; and

(ii) as used as a feeding stuff whether it is so used by itself, or as an ingredient, additive or premixture in something which is to be so used.”.

(3) Sections 73 and 73A shall have effect in Wales as if, for the words “animals of any description prescribed for the purpose of the definition of “feeding stuff” in section 66(1) of this Act” there were substituted the words “ any farmed creatures ”.

(4) Section 85 shall have effect in Wales as if —

(a) insofar as it relates to delivery outside the United Kingdom, paragraph (a) no longer applied, and

(b) paragraph (b) no longer applied.

Modification of the Agriculture Act 1970 in relation to imported feeding stuffs E+W

19.—(1) In relation to feeding stuffs which have been imported, section 69(1) shall continue to have effect in Wales as if it was subject to the modifications provided for in the following paragraph.

(2) The words “and in either case before it is removed from the premises” shall be deleted.

Exemptions from these Regulations E+W

20.  Insofar as provisions of these Regulations implement the Compound Feeding Stuffs Directive, they shall not apply in the circumstances specified in Article 14(c) of that Directive.

Further exemptions from these Regulations E+W

21.  The provisions of regulation 11(2) (in so far as they regulate the putting into circulation of additives and material containing additives), and the provisions of regulation 11(7)(a), shall not apply in the circumstances specified in Article 9q5 of the Additives Directive.

Enforcement of provisions made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 E+W

22.  Insofar as any provision of these Regulations is made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, that provision shall be enforceable as if it were made under those provisions of Part IV of the Act under which the other provisions of these Regulations are made, and the provisions of that Part shall apply accordingly.

Revocations E+W

23.  The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995 M32 , the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1996 M33 , the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1998 M34 , the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998 M35 and the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1999 M36 are hereby revoked in relation to Wales.

Marginal Citations

M32 S.I. 1995/1412.

M33 S.I. 1996/1260.

M34 S.I. 1998/104.

M35 S.I. 1998/2072.

M36 S.I. 1999/1528.

Modification of section 74A(3) of the Agriculture Act 1970 E+W

24.— [F30 (1) For the purposes of the enforcement and administration of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) below section 74A(3) shall have effect as if for the words “regulations under subsection (1) above, or fails to comply with any other provision of the regulations,” there were substituted the words “any provision specified in regulation 25(2) of the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 as amended by the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001, the Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001, the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002, the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003, the Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 and the Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2003”.]

(2) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are [F31 regulation 4 (except in so far as it relates to Part II of Schedule 5), 9(1) (in so far as it regulates putting into circulation), (2) and (3), 10(1) to (4), (6), (6A) and (7), 11(2) (in so far as it falls to be read with paragraph (3)(a), (c) or (d) of that regulation), (4), (6) and (7), [F32 12(1) to (4), 13(1), 15, 16(1), 17(1) and 17A].]

Textual Amendments

F30 Reg. 24(1) substituted (3.12.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3119), regs. 1(2), 3(3)

F31 Words in reg. 24(2) substituted (5.8.2002) by The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1797), regs. 1, 5

F32 Words in reg. 24(2) substituted (1.8.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1850), regs. 1(1), 8

Modification of the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 E+W

25.  In the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 M37 —

F33 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F33 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) the second entry for starch (polarimetric method), in Annex I to Part II to Schedule 2, shall have effect in Wales as if, for the provisions relating to that entry in columns 2 and 3, there were substituted the following provisions:

Point 1 of Annex 1 to Directive 72/199/EEC (as replaced entirely by the Annex to Directive 1999/79/EC)(4) (4) OJ No. L123, 29.5.72, p. 6 (OJ/SE 1966-1972 supplement, p. 74. OJ No. L209, 7.8.1999, p.23).

Textual Amendments

F33 Reg. 25(a)(b) revoked (5.8.2002) by The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1797), regs. 1, 6

Marginal Citations

M37 S.I. 1999/1663 (to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations).

Modification of the Feeding Stuffs (Establishments and Intermediaries) Regulations 1999 E+W

F34 26.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F34 Reg. 26 omitted (1.8.2001) by virtue of The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2253), regs. 1(1), 5

Modification of the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999 E+W

27.  In the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999 M38 —

F35 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F36 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F37 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) regulation 10 shall, in so far as it modifies section 76 in relation to Wales, be read as if, in that section as so modified —

F38 (i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F39 (ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F35 Reg. 27(a) revoked (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 13

F36 Reg. 27(b) omitted (1.8.2001) by virtue of The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2253), regs. 1(1), 5

F37 Reg. 27(c) revoked (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 13

F38 Reg. 27(d)(i) omitted (1.8.2001) by virtue of The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2253), regs. 1(1), 5

F39 Reg. 27(d)(ii) revoked (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 13

Marginal Citations

M38 S.I. 1999/2325.

M39 Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

Marginal Citations

M39 1998 c. 38.