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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Animal Feed (Hygiene, Sampling etc. and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and come into operation on 14th February 2016.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Agriculture Act 1970;
“Regulation 183/2005” means subject to regulation 2(5) Regulation (EC) No. 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down requirements for feed hygiene as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1905;
“Regulation 152/2009” means subject to regulation 2(5) Regulation (EC) No. 152/2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/771;
“Regulation 767/2009” means Regulation (EC) 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 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2279;]
[F3“Regulation 2017/625” means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of 15 March 2017 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC;
“Regulation 2020/354” means Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/354 of 4 March 2020 establishing a list of intended uses of feed intended for particular nutritional purposes and repealing Directive 2008/38/EC;]
“the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;
“agricultural analyst” means an agricultural analyst appointed under section 67 of the Act M1 ;
“authorised officer” means a person (whether or not a DARD officer) who is authorised by DARD, either generally or specially, to act in relation to matters arising under these Regulations;
“DARD” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
“premises” includes any establishment, any place, vehicle, stall or moveable structure and any ship or aircraft;
“prescribed manner” means the manner prescribed by Regulation 152/2009;
“specified feed law” means the instruments specified in Schedule 1.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), any other expression used in these Regulations and in [F4Regulation 183/2005, Regulation 152/2009, Regulation 2017/625 or Regulation 2020/354] has the same meaning in these Regulations as it does in the EU 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 M2,
that shall be excluded from the period.
(4) In these Regulations “feed” or “feeding stuff” 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.
(5) Any reference in these Regulations to [F5Regulation 183/2005, Regulation 152/2009 or Regulation 2020/354] is a reference to that Regulation as any Annex to it may be amended from time to time.
(6) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 M3 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (25.12.2020) by virtue of The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/291), regs. 1, 5(2)(a)(i)
F2Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (11.2.2019) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 36(2)
F3Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (25.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/291), regs. 1, 5(2)(a)(ii)
F4Words in reg. 2(2) substituted (25.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/291), regs. 1, 5(2)(b)
F5Words in reg. 2(5) substituted (25.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/291), regs. 1, 5(2)(c)
Marginal Citations
M1Section 67 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by section 86(3) of the Act
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