1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Animal By-Products (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 24th May 2001.
(2) This Order shall apply in relation to Wales.
2. The Animal By-Products Order 1999(1) shall, so far as it is applicable in relation to Wales, be amended as follows:
(a)in article 3, paragraph (1):
(i)the following definitions shall be inserted in the appropriate places:
““livestock” means
any creature, including fish, kept for the production of food, wool, skin or fur, and any creature, other than a dog, kept for use in the farming of land; and
any ruminant animal, pig, poultry or equine animal.”;
““used cooking oil” means catering waste consisting of oils and fats from food processing and the by-products of such oils and fats (other than any such oils and fats derived in any way from ruminantbones) where these are collected from food businesses (as such term is defined in Article 2 of Council Directive 93/43/EC on the hygiene of foodstuffs(2));” and
(ii)the definition of “swill” shall be deleted;
(b)in article 7:
(i)the word “or” shall be added after the words “Schedule 2” in paragraph (2)(c)(i) and deleted where it appears at the end of paragraph 2(c)(ii); and
(ii)paragraph (2)(c)(iii) shall be deleted;
(c)in article 9, paragraph (1), the words “swill or” shall be deleted;
(d)For articles 19 to 26 (inclusive of both articles) there shall be substituted the following articles:
“19.—(1) No person shall feed to any livestock or allow any livestock to have access to any catering waste to which this article applies or any feeding stuffs which have been in contact with it.
(2) No person shall bring catering waste to which this article applies onto any premises where any livestock are kept.
(3) This article applies to catering waste (other than used cooking oil) whether processed or unprocessed which:
(a)contains or has been in contact with animal carcases, parts of animal carcases (including blood) or products of animal origin (other than milk or milk products, eggs, rennet, gelatin or melted fat which have been incorporated into another product);or
(b)originates from any premises where any animal carcases, parts of animal carcases or products of animal origin (with the exceptions referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above) are handled or where foodstuffs containing or coming into contact with any of the same are prepared or produced.
20. No person shall feed to any livestock or allow any livestock to have access to any catering waste imported into Great Britain and originally intended for consumption on the means of transport in which it was imported, or any feedingstuffs which have been in contact with it.”;
(e)in Schedule 1, paragraph 4, the words from “except in the case of premises” to the end of the paragraph shall be deleted;
(f)in Schedule 1, paragraph 14, the words “subject to sub-paragraph (2) below” in sub-paragraph 1 and the whole of sub-paragraph (2) shall be deleted;
(g)in Schedule 2, Part I, paragraph 5 shall be deleted; and
(h)Schedule 5 shall be deleted.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (3)
Jane Davidson
Assembly Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning
3rd May 2001
Joyce Quinn
Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries, and Food
3rd May 2001