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1. These Regulations—
(a)may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (England and Wales) Regulations 2008;
(b)apply in relation to England and Wales; and
(c)come into force on 1st November 2008.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“inspector” has the meaning given by regulation 8(1);
“local authority” means—
in any part of England where there is a unitary authority, that authority;
in any part of England where there is not a unitary authority—
in a metropolitan district, the council of that district,
in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county,
in each London borough, the council of that borough,
in the City of London, the Common Council;
in Wales, a county council or county borough council.
“Regulation 396/2005” means Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to Regulation 396/2005 is a reference to that Regulation as amended from time to time.
(3) Expressions used in both these Regulations and Regulation 396/2005 have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in Regulation 396/2005.
3. Any notice under these Regulations—
(a)must be in writing;
(b)may be subject to conditions; and
(c)may be amended, suspended or revoked by a notice issued by an inspector.
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Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 4 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(4), 11; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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Textual Amendments
F2Reg. 5 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(4), 11; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
6. It is an offence for any person to—
(a)place on the market as food or feed, or
(b)feed to any animal,
any product [F4listed in Section A or B of a list in Part 1 of the MRLs register in relation to England or Wales] in breach of Article 18(1) of [F5Regulation 396/2005] as read with Article 20(1) of that Regulation.
Textual Amendments
F3Regs. 4, 5 substituted (1.3.2019) by The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(3), 3(2) (with reg. 4)
F4Words in reg. 6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 14(2)(a) (with reg. 14(3)-(5)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in reg. 6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 14(2)(b) (with reg. 14(3)-(5)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
7. It is an offence for any person to process or mix any products specified in Article 19 of Regulation 396/2005 in breach of that Article.
Textual Amendments
F3Regs. 4, 5 substituted (1.3.2019) by The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(3), 3(2) (with reg. 4)
8.—(1) The [F6Secretary of State] (in England) and the Welsh Ministers (in Wales) may appoint any person to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations.
(2) Schedule 1 (powers of inspectors) has effect.
Textual Amendments
F3Regs. 4, 5 substituted (1.3.2019) by The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(3), 3(2) (with reg. 4)
F6Words in reg. 8(1) substituted (24.9.2011) by The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2131), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4
9. It is an offence—
(a)intentionally to obstruct any person acting in the execution of these Regulations;
(b)knowingly to give any information that is false or misleading to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations;
(c)intentionally to fail to disclose any material particular to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations; or
(d)to fail, without reasonable excuse—
(i)to give any assistance that any person acting in the execution of these Regulations may require, or
(ii)to produce any record that any person acting in the execution of these Regulations may require to be produced,
for the performance of that person’s functions under these Regulations.
Textual Amendments
F3Regs. 4, 5 substituted (1.3.2019) by The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(3), 3(2) (with reg. 4)
10.—(1) If an offence under these Regulations committed by a body corporate is shown—
(a)to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer, or
(b)to be attributable to any neglect on the officer’s part,
the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) If the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with the member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the body.
(3) “Officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity.
Textual Amendments
F3Regs. 4, 5 substituted (1.3.2019) by The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(3), 3(2) (with reg. 4)
11. A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable—
(a)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
Textual Amendments
F3Regs. 4, 5 substituted (1.3.2019) by The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(3), 3(2) (with reg. 4)
12. These Regulations are enforced—
(a)in England, by the [F7Secretary of State]; and
(b)in Wales, by the Welsh Ministers.
Textual Amendments
F3Regs. 4, 5 substituted (1.3.2019) by The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(3), 3(2) (with reg. 4)
F7Words in reg. 12(a) substituted (24.9.2011) by The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2131), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4
13. Schedule 2 (revoked instruments) has effect.
Textual Amendments
F3Regs. 4, 5 substituted (1.3.2019) by The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(3), 3(2) (with reg. 4)
Phil Woolas
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Elin Jones
Minister for Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers]
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