Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

9.—(1) In the case of any feed material which—

(a) originated in a country other than a member State or the United Kingdom, and

(b) is, for the first time, put into circulation in Northern Ireland and the European Community,

in the circumstances specified in the introductory paragraph of Article 6.2 of the Feed Materials Directive, provisional details of the particulars specified in paragraph 7(a)(ii), (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) to (iv) may be provided, if the requirements of sub-paragraph (2) are observed.

(2) The requirements of this sub-paragraph are observed if—

(a) the person responsible for giving those particulars gives notification in advance, of the impending arrival of the feed material in Northern Ireland, to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

(b) the provisional details are accompanied by the following declaration in bold type—

“provisional data to be confirmed by ... ... ... ...(name and address of the laboratory instructed to carry out the analyses) regarding ... ... ... ... (reference number of the sample to be analysed) before ... ... ... ... date”; and

(c) the person responsible as aforesaid provides the final particulars in question to the person to whom the feed material is supplied, and to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development within 10 days of its arrival in Northern Ireland;

(3) Where the requirements of sub-paragraph (2) are observed, it shall be the duty of the inspector concerned to notify the European Commission that, in relation to the feed material concerned, the provisional particulars concerned have been provided, and to inform the Commission of the nature of those particulars.