The Feeding Stuffs (England) Regulations 2005

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1) and (1A), 69(1) and (3), 70(1), 71(1), 74(1), 74A, 77(4), 78(6) and (10), 79(1), (2) and (9), and 84 of the Agriculture Act 19701 (as read with regulation 14 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 20002 and with Articles 2 and 6 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002)3.

In so far as these Regulations cannot be made under the powers in the Agriculture Act 1970 specified above, the Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of her powers as a Minister designated4 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19725 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health.