Regulation 2 Interpretation and scope

Scotland

(1)

In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Agriculture Act 1970;
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F3“Regulation 1831/2003” means Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition;
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“Regulation 767/2009” means Regulation (EC) No. 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC M1;
F5“Regulation 2020/354” means Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/354 establishing a list of intended uses of feed intended for particular nutritional purposes and repealing Directive 2008/38/EC;
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F7“feed authority” means Food Standards Scotland.

(2)

Any expression used in these Regulations and in Regulation 1831/2003 F8, Regulation 767/2009 or Regulation 2020/354 has the meaning in these Regulations that it bears in the Regulation concerned.

F9(3)

Any reference to an Annex to F10... F11Regulation 1831/2003, F12Regulation 2020/354 or Regulation 767/2009 is a reference to that Annex as it may be amended from time to time.

(4)

These Regulations do not apply to any feed additive in category (d) or (e) of Article 6(1) of Regulation 1831/2003, with the exception of those in the functional groups listed in paragraph 4(a), (b) and (c) of Annex 1 to that Regulation M2.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (9.2.2023) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/373), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(a)(i)
F2: Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (9.2.2023) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/373), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(a)(ii)
F3: Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (23.3.2017) by The Animal Feed (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/38), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
F4: Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Feed (Transfer of Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/467), regs. 1(3), 7(2)(a)(i)
F5: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Feed (Transfer of Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/467), regs. 1(3), 7(2)(a)(ii)
F6: Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (12.1.2014) by virtue of The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) and Animal Feed (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/340), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)
F7: Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Feed (Transfer of Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/467), regs. 1(3), 7(2)(a)(iii)
F8: Words in reg. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Feed (Transfer of Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/467), regs. 1(3), 7(2)(b)
F9: Reg. 2(3) substituted (12.1.2014) by The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) and Animal Feed (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/340), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)
F10: Words in reg. 2(3) omitted (9.2.2023) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/373), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(b)
F11: Words in reg. 2(3) inserted (23.3.2017) by The Animal Feed (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/38), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)
F12: Words in reg. 2(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Feed (Transfer of Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/467), regs. 1(3), 7(2)(c)

Marginal citations

M1: O.J. No. L 229, 1.9.2009, p.1. This Regulation was last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 568/2010 (O.J. No. L 163, 30.6.2010, p.30).
M2: Categories (d) and (e) of Article 6(1) comprise respectively zootechnical additives, and coccidiostats and histomonostats. Functional groups listed in paragraphs 4(a), (b) and (c) of Annex I comprise digestibility enhancers, gut flora stabilisers and substances incorporated with the intention of favourably affecting the environment.

Notes on Part 1

Modifications

C1: Pt. 1 applied in part (with modifications) (1.10.2023) by The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/959), regs. 1(2), 4(b), Sch. 2 (with regs. 7, 8)