PART 1Introductory

Title, commencement and application1

1

The title of these Regulations is the Animal Feed (Hygiene, Sampling etc. and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2016.

2

These Regulations come into force on 12 May 2016 and apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation and scope2

1

In these Regulations—

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

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

  • “analyst” (“dadansoddwr”) means an agricultural analyst or a deputy agricultural analyst;

  • “authorised officer” (“swyddog awdurdodedig”) means a person (whether or not an officer of the enforcement authority) who is authorised by the enforcement authority, either generally or specially, to act in relation to matters arising under these Regulations;

  • “enforcement authority” (“awdurdod gorfodi”) means the body identified as having a duty to enforce under regulation 21;

  • “feed authority” (“awdurdod bwyd anifeiliaid”) means an authority identified in section 67(1) of the Act as having the duty to enforce Part IV of that Act within its area;

  • “premises” (“mangre”) includes any establishment, any place, vehicle, stall or moveable structure and any ship or aircraft;

  • “prescribed manner” (“modd rhagnodedig”) means the manner prescribed by Regulation 152/2009;

  • F1“Regulation 882/2004” (“Rheoliad 882/2004”) means Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules;

  • “Regulation 183/2005” (“Rheoliad 183/2005”) means Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down requirements for feed hygiene M1;

  • “Regulation 152/2009” (“Rheoliad 152/2009”) means Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed M2;

  • F2“Regulation 767/2009” (“Rheoliad 767/2009”) means Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC;

  • “specified feed law” (“cyfraith bwyd anifeiliaid benodedig”) means the instruments specified in Schedule 1.

2

Subject to paragraph (3), any other expression used in these Regulations and in Regulation 882/2004, Regulation 183/2005 or Regulation 152/2009 has the same meaning in these Regulations as it does in that Regulation.

3

Where, apart from this paragraph, any period of less than seven days which is specified in these Regulations would include any day which is—

a

a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day or Good Friday; or

b

a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971,

that day is to be excluded from the period.

4

In these Regulations “feed” (“bwyd anifeiliaid”) or “feeding stuff” (“porthiant”) does not include any of the following feed additives or premixtures consisting solely of such additives—

a

coccidiostats;

b

histomonostats; and

c

all other zootechnical additives except—

i

digestibility enhancers,

ii

gut flora stabilisers, and

iii

substances incorporated into feed with the intention of favourably affecting the environment.

F35

Any reference in these Regulations to an EU Regulation specified in Schedule 1 is a reference to that EU Regulation as it may be amended from time to time.