the private domestic production of feed for animals not kept for consumption, or kept for private domestic consumption only;

the feeding of non food-producing animals;

the feeding of animals kept for private domestic consumption or for direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of primary products to the final consumer or to local retailers;

the direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of primary produced feed to local farms for use on those farms;

the retailing of pet food (regulation 3).

designate the competent authorities for the purposes of the various functions mentioned in Regulation 183/2005 (regulation 4);

identify those provisions of Regulation 183/2005 where failure to comply gives rise to an offence, and attach penalties to those offences (regulation 5);

set out the requirements which must be observed by anyone–

lay down the procedures to be followed by an enforcement authority when–

set out the requirements to be observed by anyone applying for an amendment to a registration or approval (regulation 12);

provide for a right of appeal against decisions relating to registrations or approvals taken by enforcement authorities (regulation 13); and

specify the fees payable by an applicant for approval or amendment to an approval (regulation 14 and Schedule 2).

Article 12, which specifies the conditions under which feed may be exported from member States to countries outside the European Community;

Article 15, which prohibits the marketing or feeding of unsafe feed;

Article 16, which stipulates that feed must not be advertised, labelled, packaged or otherwise presented in such a way as to mislead consumers;

Article 18, which requires feed businesses to have systems in place that enable them to identify the person from whom they acquired a product and the person to whom they supplied any product; and

Article 20, which sets out the various responsibilities of feed business operators, including the duty to withdraw or recall unsafe feed, to destroy it if considered necessary by the competent authority, and to pass on all relevant information and co-operate generally with the competent authority and others in the interests of feed safety.

makes provision for the serving of an improvement notice where a feed business appears to the enforcement authority to be failing to comply with feed law (regulation 17);

provides for a right of appeal to the sheriff against an improvement notice, and sets out the procedures to be followed (regulation 18);

allows for the decision of a sheriff under certain provisions of these Regulations to be appealed to the Court of Session (regulation 19);

specifies that where an appeal is lodged against an improvement notice, the period specified in the notice ceases to run while the appeal is in progress (regulation 20);

provides for the circumstances in which a feed business prohibition order may be imposed by a court, and the procedures to be followed (regulation 21);

provides for the service of emergency prohibition notices by the enforcement authority and emergency prohibition orders by the sheriff in certain circumstances(regulation 22);

specifies the penalties applicable to offences in relation to improvement notices, prohibition orders, emergency prohibition notices and emergency prohibition orders (regulation 23);

makes provision for the necessary powers to enable authorised officers of enforcement authorities to enter premises, inspect feed, plant and equipment, documentary records etc, and take samples of feed and copies of records (regulation 24);

provides authorised officers with the power to seize and detain feed which appears not to comply with feed law, and sets out the procedure to be followed in bringing the matter before the sheriff (regulation 25);

specifies the procedures to be followed when serving notice under these Regulations (regulation 26);

sets out certain offences relating to the exercise of an authorised officer’s powers, including obstruction or impersonation of an officer, or disclosure of confidential information by an officer (regulation 27); and

makes provision for the recovery by an enforcement authority of expenditure incurred in consequence of a feed business’s non-compliance with feed law (regulation 28).

apply, as modified, various provisions of the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1663), (regulation 29);

lay down procedures relating to the analysis of a feed sample taken by an authorised officer (regulation 30);

make further general provisions relating to sampling and analysis including the offence of tampering with a sample (regulation 31);

specify additional circumstances in which the Scottish Ministers may appoint persons to act as authorised officers (regulation 32(1)), and place conditions on an authorised officer acting outside the area of the enforcement authority by which the officer is appointed (regulation 32(2));

provide for limitations on the liability of an authorised officer or agricultural analyst (regulation 33);

make provisions relating to various defences to offences under these Regulations (regulation 34);

provide for the potential personal liability of officers of corporate bodies or partners in Scottish partnerships that contravene these Regulations (regulation 35);

specify time limits for the initiation of prosecutions (regulation 36); and

revoke those Regulations or parts of Regulations listed in Schedule 3 (regulation 37).