2004 No. 414
AGRICULTURE

The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 75(1), 76(1), 77(4), 78(6), 79(1) and (2) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 19701, after consultation as required by section 84(1) of that Act with the persons or organisations appearing to represent the interests concerned, and in exercise of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004, and shall come into force on 1st November 2004.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment to the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 19992.

(1)

The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 19992 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

For paragraph (3)(b)(ii) of regulation 6 (application of methods of analysis) substitute–

“(ii)

the procedure set out in Commission Directive 2003/126/EC3 on the analytical method for the determination of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feedingstuffs shall be used.”.
TOM McCABE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, further amend the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1663, as already amended) which extend to the whole of Great Britain.

These Regulations implement Commission Directive 2003/126/EC (O.J. No. L 339, 24.12.03, p.78) on the analytical method for the determination of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feedingstuffs.

These Regulations amend the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 by providing that where a microscopic examination is carried out for specified purposes, the procedure set out in Commission Directive 2003/126/EC shall be used (regulation 2(2)).

A Regulatory Impact Assessment which includes a compliance cost assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on business costs has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 6th Floor, St Magnus House, 25 Guild Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6NJ.