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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-meat-and-meat-products-examination-for-residues-and-maximum-residue-limits-amendment-regulations-1994/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2465",
  "legislation_title": "The Animals, Meat and Meat Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment) Regulations 1994",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Animals, Meat and Meat Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1991. They give effect to the amendments to Annexes I, II, III and IV of the Council Regulation (defined in regulation 2(2)(c)) made by the instruments listed at items (c) to (h) in Schedule 1 substituted by these Regulations.\nIn addition to making some minor drafting amendments, the Regulations—\n(a) extend the definition of “approved laboratory” to include laboratories under the direction and control of a public analyst appointed in accordance with section 27 of the Food Safety Act 1990 (regulation 2(2)(b));\n(b) amend the definition of “enforcement authority” to enable local authorities to refer samples for reference analysis following a positive primary analysis, but restrict to authorised officers of the Ministers the powers in relation to the inspection of animals and their examination for residues (regulation 2(2)(d));\n(c) replace Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations with a reference to the Council Regulation, as amended, which contain the lists of maximum residue limits, and add a further Schedule containing those maximum residue limits which are to apply in Great Britain (regulation 2(2)(c) and (13));\n(d) amend the definition of “maximum residue limit” so as to make provision for the ascertainment of such limit in relation to the substances specified in Schedule 4, added by these Regulations, and also make provision for ascertaining whether the maximum residue limits of those substances have been exceeded (regulation 2(2)(e) and (3));\n(e) prohibit (with the exception of substances incorporated into feeding stuff in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 70/524/EEC) the administration to animals of those substances contained in Annex IV to the Council Regulation (regulation 2(2)(a) and (5));\n(f) add Annex IV substances to the lists of categories of substances in regulations 6, 8, 13, 14, 15 and 17, of the principal Regulations (regulation 2(2)(b) to (10));\n(g) require, for a limited period and upon the direction of an authorised officer, the production of the records which are required to be kept by the principal Regulations (regulation 2(11)).",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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