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The Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) (England) Regulations 2015

S.I. 2015/255 · Made 25 February 2015 · Extends to England and Wales

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Agriculture, England

Made 25th February 2015

Laid before Parliament 5th March 2015

Coming into force 6th April 2015

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 66(1), 68(1), 74A(1) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970f1, as read with regulation 14 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000f2.

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 his powers as a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f3 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Unionf4, the control and regulation of genetically modified organismsf5, measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public healthf6 and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animalsf7, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to that Act.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for references to the Annexes to the EU instruments mentioned in regulation 2(3) to be construed as references to those Annexes as they may be amended from time to time.

There has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations in accordance with the requirements of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safetyf8 or, in the case of provisions relating to feed for non food-producing animals, of section 84(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1970 c.40. Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions “the Ministers”, “prescribed” and “regulations”. The definition of “the Ministers” was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), Schedule 5, paragraph 1. Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672 and subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (2006 c.32). Those functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c. 46). By virtue of S.I. 1999/3141, functions of the Secretaries of State for Wales and Scotland previously exercisable in relation to England ceased to be so exercisable and were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Functions of the Minister of Agriculture were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I .2002/794). Section 74A was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972 (1972 c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 6. Sections 66(1) and 84 were amended by S.I. 2004/3254. Section 66(1) was also amended by S.I. 2010/2280.

f2

S.I. 2000/656.

f3

1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51) and amended by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (2008 c.7).

f4

S.I. 1972/1811, amended by S.I. 2002/794.

f5

S.I. 1991/755.

f6

S.I. 1999/2027.

f7

S.I. 2003/2901.

f8

OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No. 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L189, 27.6.2014, p.1).

Contents

  1. Part 1: Introductory and general
  2. 1Title, application and commencement
  3. 2Interpretation and scope
  4. Part 2: Enforcement of Regulation 178/2002
  5. 3Interpretation of this Part
  6. 4Offence of failing to comply with a specified provision of Regulation 178/2002
  7. 5Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 178/2002
  8. Part 3: Enforcement of Regulation 1829/2003
  9. 6Interpretation of this Part
  10. 7Offence of failing to comply with a specified provision of Regulation 1829/2003
  11. 8Competent authority for the purposes of Regulation 1829/2003
  12. Part 4: Enforcement of Regulation 1831/2003
  13. 9Interpretation of this Part
  14. 10Offence of failing to comply with a specified provision of Regulation 1831/2003
  15. Part 5: Enforcement of Regulation 767/2009
  16. 11Interpretation of this Part and Schedule 1
  17. 12Offence of failing to comply with a specified provision of Regulation 767/2009
  18. 13Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 767/2009
  19. Part 6: Undesirable substances in products intended for animal feed
  20. 14Interpretation of this Part
  21. 15Control of animal feeds containing undesirable substances
  22. 15ARegulations
  23. Part 7: Enforcement of Regulation 2020/354
  24. 16Interpretation of this Part
  25. 17Control of feed intended for particular nutritional purposes
  26. Part 8: Administration and enforcement
  27. 18Penalties for offences under these Regulations
  28. 19Duties to enforce
  29. Part 9: Amendment and revocation
  30. 20Amendment of the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009
  31. 21Revocations
  32. 22Statutory review
  33. Signature
  34. Schedule 1Specified Provisions of Regulation 767/2009
  35. Schedule 2Revocations
  36. Schedule 3Categories of feed materials which may be indicated in place of individual feed materials
  37. Schedule 4Maximum levels of undesirable substances
  38. Schedule 5Action thresholds triggering investigations: dioxins and PCBs
  39. Explanatory note