The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (revoked)

Interpretation E+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

[F1 “the 2009 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2009”) means the Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2009;]

“the food authority” (“yr awdurdod bwyd”) in relation to any relevant legislation for which a designation is made under these Regulations has the same meaning as it has in that relevant legislation;

“inspector” (“arolygydd”) means in relation to any piece of relevant legislation, an inspector, veterinary inspector, or other officer authorised by the National Assembly or other authority to act in Wales under that relevant legislation;

“the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

“the local authority” (“yr awdurdod lleol”) in relation to any relevant legislation for which a designation is made under these Regulations has the same meaning as it has in that relevant legislation;

“premises” (“mangre”) means premises or other property, place or means of transport;

“Regulation 882/2004” (“Rheoliad 882/2004”) means Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules M1 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 776/2006 amending Annex VII as regards Community reference laboratories M2 and as read with—

(a)

Commission Decision 2006/677 setting out the guidelines laying down criteria for the conduct of audits under Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls to verify compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules M3 ;

(b)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2074/2005 laying down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No. 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation (EC) No. 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No. 853/2004 and (EC) No. 854/2004 M4 ;

(c)

F2 ...

(d)

Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

“relevant legislation” (“deddfwriaeth berthnasol”) has the meaning given in paragraph (3).

(2) In these Regulations—

(a) “audit” (“archwiliad”) means, except in regulation 10, an audit of a competent authority carried out for the purposes of Art 4.6 of Regulation 882/2004 in relation to one or more pieces of relevant legislation; and

(b) “auditor” (“archwilydd”) means a person carrying out such an audit.

(3) In these Regulations, “relevant legislation” (“deddfwriaeth berthnasol”) means feed law and food law to which Regulation 882/2004 applies and animal health and welfare rules, except—

(a) “relevant feed law” (“cyfraith bwyd anifeiliaid berthnasol”) and “relevant food law” (“cyfraith bwyd berthnasol”) as defined in [F3 the 2009 Regulations]; and

(b) [F4 the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013] in so far as they regulate zootechnical additives and medicated feedingstuffs.

(4) In paragraph (3)(b)—

“medicated feedingstuffs” (“bwydydd anifeiliaid â meddyginiaeth”) has the meaning given in Article 1.6 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products M5 as amended by Directive 2004/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/82/EC on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products M6 ; and

“zootechnical additives” (“ychwanegion sootechnegol”) means feed additives in the categories mentioned in Article 6.1(d) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition M7 with the exception of those belonging to the functional group listed in paragraph 4(a), (b) and (c) of Annex 1 to that Regulation.

(5) Unless otherwise provided in this regulation, terms used in these Regulations have the same meaning as they have in Regulation 882/2004.

(6) Unless otherwise required by the context, references in these Regulations to an “Article” (“Erthygl”) or “Title” (“Teitl”) are to an Article or Title, respectively, of Regulation 882/2004.

(7) Any reference in these Regulations to [F5 an EU] instrument is a reference to that instrument as from time to time amended.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (26.7.2018) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/806), regs. 1(3), 12(2)(a)(i)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (26.7.2018) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/806), regs. 1(3), 12(2)(a)(ii)

F3 Words in reg. 2(3)(a) substituted (26.7.2018) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/806), regs. 1(3), 12(2)(b)(i)

F4 Words in reg. 2(3)(b) substituted (26.7.2018) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/806), regs. 1(3), 12(2)(b)(ii)

F5 Words in reg. 2(7) substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 6

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ No. L165, 30.4.2004, p.1; see the corrected text as set out in the corrigendum to the Regulation published in OJ No. L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1.

M2 OJ No. L136, 24.5.2006, p. 3.

M3 OJ No. L 278, 10.10.2006, p. 15.

M4 OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p, 27.

M5 OJ No. L311, 28.11.2001, p. 1.

M6 OJ No. L136, 30.4.2004, p. 58.

M7 OJ No. L268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.