Feeding Stuffs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendments to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

3.  In regulation 2 (interpretation) –

(a) in paragraph (1) –

(i) the following definitions shall be deleted –

(aa) any commencing with the expressions “EC approved”, “EC permitted”, “EEA approved”, “EEA permitted”, “UK approved” or “UK permitted”;

(bb) “national list”; and

(cc) “third country”;

(ii) in each of the definitions of “complementary feeding stuff”, “complete feeding stuff” and “feeding stuff”, for “regulation 12(10)(a)” there shall be substituted “regulation 12(6)”,

(iii) for the definition of “compound feeding stuff” there shall be substituted the following definition –

• ““compound feeding stuff” has the same meaning as in the Compound Feeding Stuffs Directive;”,

(iv) in the definition of “feed material” the expression “, subject to regulation 12(10)(b),” shall be deleted,

(v) immediately after the definition of “premixture” there shall be inserted the following definition –

• ““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;”,

(vi) for the definition of “put into circulation” there shall be substituted the following definition –

• ““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 Northern Ireland from a country which is neither an EEA State nor part of an EEA State;”, and

(vii) immediately after the definition of “third country” there shall be inserted the following definition –

• ““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;”; and

(b) for paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

“(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 (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 are made.”.