Division of samples
99. Where, in accordance with these Regulations, an authorised person obtains a sample, and decides to have it analysed for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is or has been any contravention of any provision of these Regulations in connection with a controlled product, he shall divide the sample into three parts, of as near as may be equal size and shall—
(a)cause each part to be marked, sealed and fastened in the like manner as that prescribed—
(i)in the case of Great Britain, in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations, 1999, or
(ii)in the case of Northern Ireland, in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999;
(b)send one part for analysis to—
(i)in Great Britain, the agricultural analyst for the area of the competent body which authorised the authorised person to carry out the official check in the course of which the sample was taken, and
(ii)in Northern Ireland, an agricultural analyst in Northern Ireland;
(c)send another part to the person subject to the official check; and
(d)retain and preserve the remaining part as an officially sealed reference sample.