http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/2245

PART 1General

Title, commencement and application1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2007.

2

These Regulations come into force on 22^nd August 2007.

3

These Regulations apply in England only.

4

These Regulations apply—

a

to eggs for hatching and chicks to which Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 apply; and

b

to eggs to which Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 apply (eggs in shell produced for consumption by hens of the species Gallus gallus).

5

But they do not apply—

a

to the sale of eggs to which Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 apply, where the eggs are sold, without any quality or weight grading, directly to the final consumer by the producer —

i

on the production site;

ii

by door-to-door selling in the region of production; or

b

except insofar as they relate to the requirement imposed by Article 4(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 to mark eggs in accordance with Article 4(1) of that Regulation, to the sale of eggs to which Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 apply, where the eggs are sold, without any quality or weight grading, directly to the final consumer by the producer in a local public market in the region of production.

6

In paragraph (5)(a)(ii)“door-to-door selling” means a sale which is made during an unsolicited visit by a producer to the final consumer’s home, or to the home of another person, or to the final consumer’s place of work.

Revocation2

The Regulations specified in Schedule 1 are revoked in so far as they apply to England.

Interpretation3

1

In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“authorised officer” means any person who has written authority from an enforcement authority to act in matters arising under or in relation to the Act or these Regulations;
“breeding establishment” has the meaning given by Article 1(3)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75;
“chicks” has the meaning given by Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/7518;
“Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 laying down detailed rules of application for Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75, as amended from time to time;
“Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006, as amended from time to time;
“Council Directive 1999/74/EC” means Council Directive 1999/74/EC19 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens;
“Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75” means Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 of the Council on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks;
“Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 on marketing standards for eggs, as amended from time to time;
“Directive 2000/13/EC” means Directive 2000/13/EC20 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs;
“eggs” has the meaning given by Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006;
“eggs for hatching” has the meaning given by Article 1(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/7521;
“enforcement authority” means an authority exercising a function conferred on it by regulation 16;
“final consumer” has the meaning given by Article 2(8) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006;
“food authority” means—
1. a
  a county council;
2. b
  a metropolitan district council;
3. c
  a non-metropolitan district council for an area for which there is no county council;
4. d
  a London borough council;
5. e
  the Common Council of the City of London (in their capacity as a local authority); and
6. f
  the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
“hatchery” has the meaning given by Article 1(3)(c) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75;
“packing centre” has the meaning given by Article 2(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006;
“pedigree breeding establishment” has the meaning given by Article 1(3)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75; and
“production site” has the meaning given by Article 2(6) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006.

2

Any expression which is not defined in paragraph (1), but is used in Part 2 of, or Schedule 2 to, these Regulations, and in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75, has the same meaning in those provisions of these Regulations as it does in the Council Regulation.

3

Any expression which is not defined in paragraph (1), but is used in regulation 1(5) or Part 3 of, or Schedule 3 to, these Regulations and in Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 or Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007, has the same meaning in those provisions of these Regulations as it does in the Council or Commission Regulation in which it is used.

4

Any reference to a contravention of or failure to comply with any provision mentioned in Schedule 2 means a contravention of or failure to comply with—

a

any provision of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 mentioned in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part; or

b

any provision of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 mentioned in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 2, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part.

5

Any reference to a contravention of or failure to comply with any provision mentioned in Schedule 3 means a contravention of or failure to comply with—

a

any provision of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 mentioned in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part; or

b

any provision of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 mentioned in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 3, as read with any provision mentioned in any corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part.