Regulation 3 Amendment of the principal Regulations

at the end of the definition of “the Commission Regulation” there shall be inserted the words “as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1525/98^f1 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 864/1999^f2”;

after the definition of “the Commission Regulation” there shall be inserted the following–

““designated place” means any place at which there are the facilities to carry out the sampling required by Directive 98/53/EC;

“Directive 98/53/EC” means Commission Directive 98/53/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs^f3;”;

in the definition of “food authority” paragraph (a) and the word “or” immediately following that paragraph shall be omitted;

after the definition of “member State” there shall be inserted the following–

““port health authority” includes a port local authority and a joint port local authority and, in relation to a port health authority, “authorised officer” means any person (whether or not an officer of the authority) who is authorised by the authority in writing to act in matters arising under these Regulations; and

“ultimate consumer” has the same meaning as in the Food Labelling Regulations 1996^f4;”.