1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Eggs and Chicks Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 14th April 2008.
(2) These Regulations apply—
(a)to eggs for hatching and chicks to which Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 apply; and
(b)to eggs to which Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 apply (eggs in shell produced for consumption by hens of the species Gallus gallus).
(3) But they do not apply—
(a)to the sale of eggs to which Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 apply, where the eggs are sold, without any quality or weight grading, directly to the final consumer by the producer—
(i)on the production site;
(ii)by door-to-door selling in the region of production; or
(b)except insofar as they relate to the requirement imposed by Article 4(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 to mark eggs in accordance with Article 4(1) of that Regulation, to the sale of eggs to which Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 apply, where the eggs are sold, without any quality or weight grading, directly to the final consumer by the producer in a local public market in the region of production.
(4) In paragraph (3)(a)(ii) “door-to-door selling” means a sale which is made during an unsolicited visit by a producer to the final consumer’s home, or to the home of another person, or to the final consumer’s place of work.