{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishery-products-official-controls-charges-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2007/3462",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishery-products-official-controls-charges-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations —\n“Directive 2004/41” (“Cyfarwyddeb 2004/41”), “Regulation 2406/96” (“Rheoliad 2406/96”), “Regulation 852/2004” (“Rheoliad 852/2004”), “Regulation 853/2004” (“Rheoliad 853/2004”), “Regulation 1688/2005” (“Rheoliad 1688/2005”), “Regulation 2073/2005” (“Rheoliad 2073/2005”), “Regulation 2074/2005” (“Rheoliad 2074/2005”), “Regulation 2015/1375” (“Rheoliad 2015/1375”), “Regulation 2017/185” (“Rheoliad 2017/185”), “Regulation 2017/625” (“Rheoliad 2017/625”), “Regulation 2019/624” (“Rheoliad 2019/624”) and “Regulation 2019/627” (“Rheoliad 2019/627”) have the meanings respectively given to them in the Schedule;\n“establishment” (“sefydliad”) has the meaning given to it in paragraph 1(c) of Article 2 of Regulation 852/2004;\n“first placing on the market” (“rhoi gyntaf ar y farchnad”) has the meaning that it bears in Regulation 2017/625;\n“first sale in a fish market” (“gwerthu gyntaf mewn marchnad bysgod”) is construed in accordance with the phrase “first sale in fish market” in Regulation 2017/625;\n“fishery products” (“cynhyrchion pysgodfeydd”) has the meaning given to it in point 3.1 of Annex I to Regulation 853/2004;\n“food authority” (“awdurdod bwyd”) has the meaning that it bears by virtue of section 5(1A) of the Food Safety Act 1990 ;\n“imported” (“a fewnforir”) means introduced into Wales other than from another part of the British Islands;\n“official controls” (“rheolaethau swyddogol”) has the meaning given to it in Article 2(1) of Regulation 2017/625;\n“processing” (“prosesu”) has the meaning that it bears in Regulation 2017/625;\n“processing establishment” (“sefydliad prosesu”) means an establishment at which processing occurs;\n“relevant fishery products” (“cynhyrchion pysgodfeydd perthnasol”) means fishery products which —\n(a)were caught in their natural environment;\n(b)are imported by a fishing vessel flying the flag of a third country;\n(c)have not been on land prior to being imported; and\n(d)are intended for placing on the market for human consumption,\nother than relevant landed fishery products and third country imports;\n“relevant food authority” (“awdurdod bwyd perthnasol”) means the food authority in whose area circumstances giving rise to an obligation under these Regulations to pay a charge to that authority arise;\n“relevant landed fishery products” (“cynhyrchion pysgodfeydd sy'n cael eu glanio ac sy'n berthnasol”) means fishery products which —\n(a)are landed in Wales;\n(b)have not been on land previously; and\n(c)are intended for placing on the market for human consumption,\nother than relevant fishery products and third country imports;\n“specified pelagic fish” (“pysgod eigionol penodedig”) means —\n(a)herring of the species Clupea harengus;\n(b)sardines of the species Sardinia pilchardus;\n(c)mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus or Scomber japonicus;\n(d)horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.);\n(e)anchovies (Engraulis spp.);\n(f)picarels of the species Maena smaris; and\n(g)sprat of the species Sprattus sprattus;\n“third country” (“trydedd wlad”), except in the expression “third country import” means any country or territory other than the British Islands;\n“third country import” (“mewnforyn trydedd wlad”) means an import in respect of which a charge set out in Annex 4 to Regulation 2017/625 is payable; and\n“vendor” (“gwerthwr”) means —\n(a)where a first placing on the market or first sale in a fish market of relevant fishery products or relevant landed fishery products is effected by another person on behalf of the owner or master of a vessel, that other person; and\n(b)where there is a first placing on the market or first sale in a fish market of relevant fishery products or relevant landed fishery products in any other circumstances, the owner or master of the vessel from which they are landed.\n(2) Where any functions under the Food Safety Act 1990 are assigned —\n(a) by an order under section 2 ...of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 , to a port health authority; or\n(b) by an order under section 6 of the Public Health Act 1936 , to a joint board for a united district,\nany reference in these Regulations to a food authority is construed, so far as relating to those functions, as a reference to the authority to whom they are so assigned.\n(3) In these Regulations, any reference to an EU instrument defined in the Schedule is a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1481), regs. 1(2), 3(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1481), regs. 1(2), 3(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1481), regs. 1(2), 3(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1481), regs. 1(2), 3(a)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1481), regs. 1(2), 3(a)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving Provision) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1581), regs. 1(3), 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1481), regs. 1(2), 3(a)(vi)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(2)(a) omitted (26.7.2018) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/806), regs. 1(3), 14(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Reg. 2(3) inserted (14.12.2019) by The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1481), regs. 1(2), 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16; section 5 was amended by paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1984 c. 22; section 7(3)(d) was substituted by paragraph 27 of Schedule 3 to the Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c. 16)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1936 c. 49; section 6 is to be read with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Food Safety Act 1990."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/3462/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:59:28.585707+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}