The Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Modification of the Agriculture Act 1970 in relation to all feeding stuffs

3.—(1) Subsection (1) of section 66 shall have effect as if—

(a) for the definition of “feeding stuff” there were substituted the following definition—

““feeding stuff” means—

(a)

a product of vegetable or animal origin in its natural state (whether fresh or preserved);

(b)

a product derived from the industrial processing of such a product; or

(c)

an organic or inorganic substance, used singly or in a mixture,

whether or not containing additives, for oral feeding to pet animals or farmed creatures;”;

(b) for the definition of “pet animal” there were substituted the following definition—

““pet animal” means an animal belonging to a species normally nourished and kept, but not consumed, by man, other than an animal bred for fur;”.

(2) Subsection (2) of section 66 shall have effect as if the following were substituted for paragraph (b) of that subsection—

“(b) material shall be treated—

(i) as imported or sold for use as a feeding stuff whether it is imported or, as the case may be, sold, to be used by itself, or as an ingredient in something which is to be so used, and

(ii) as used as a feeding stuff whether it is so used by itself, or as an ingredient in something which is to be so used.

(c) paragraph (b) shall not apply in any circumstances in which Article 16 (labelling and packaging of feed additives and premixtures) of Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition applies.(1)”.

(3) Sections 73 and 73A shall have effect as if, for “animals of any description prescribed for the purpose of the definition of “feeding stuff” in section 66(1) of this Act” there were substituted “any farmed creatures”.

(4) Section 85 shall have effect as if—

(a) in so far as it relates to delivery outside the United Kingdom, paragraph (a) were omitted; and

(b) paragraph (b) were omitted.

(1)

O.J. No. L268, 18.10.2003, p. 29