The Reporting of Prices of Milk Products (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Reporting of Prices of Milk Products (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1st April 2011.

Amendment to the Reporting of Prices of Milk Products (Scotland) Regulations 2005

2.—(1) The Reporting of Prices of Milk Products (Scotland) Regulations 2005(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) for the definition “Commission Regulation” substitute—

““Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 479/2010 laying down rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards Member States’ notifications to the Commission in the milk and milk products sector(2), as amended from time to time;”; and

(b) for the definition “milk products” substitute—

““milk products” means the products—

(a)

listed in Annexes I.A and I.B; and

(b)

referred to in Article 2(3)(a),

of the Commission Regulation..”.

(3) In regulation 3 (provision of information on prices of milk products)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) after “provide”, insert “to the Scottish Ministers”;

(ii) omit “to such persons”; and

(iii) for “Article 6” substitute “Articles 2 and 3”; and

(b) in paragraph (2) for “requested on a weekly basis” substitute “at a frequency determined by the Commission Regulation”.

RICHARD LOCHHEAD

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

9th February 2011