Regulation 3 The Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2010I1

England and Wales

(1)

The Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2010 M1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3(1)—

(a)

after the definition of “the Act”, insert—

““the animal welfare regulations” (“y rheoliadau lles anifeiliaid”) means the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2007 M2.”;

(b)

omit the definition of “Council Directive 1999/74/EC”;

(c)

omit the definition of “region”;

(d)

for the definition of “region of production”, substitute—

““region of production” (“rhanbarth cynhyrchu”), in relation to eggs produced at a production site in Wales, and marketed by the producer direct to a final consumer by door-to-door selling or at a local public market, means—
(a)
the area within a 80 kilometre radius of the boundary of the production site; and
(b)
any part of Wales that is outside that 80 kilometre radius;”.

(3)

For regulation 13(3) substitute—

“(3)
The conditions are the conditions in the following provisions of Schedule 2 to the animal welfare regulations—
(a)
paragraph 2(d) (but not the requirement for perches not to have sharp edges and to be at least 15cm per hen);
(b)
paragraph 2(e);
(c)
paragraph 5;
(d)
paragraph 6(a);
(e)
paragraph 7(a).”.

(4)

For regulation 14(3) substitute—

“(3)
The conditions are the conditions in the following provisions of Schedule 2 to the animal welfare regulations—
(a)
paragraph 2(d) (but not the requirement for perches not to have sharp edges and to be at least 15cm per hen);
(b)
paragraph 2(e);
(c)
paragraph 5;
(d)
paragraph 6(a);
(e)
paragraph 7(a).”.

(5)

In regulation 19—

(a)

for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)
The authorised officer may be accompanied by such other persons as the officer considers necessary.”;

(b)

omit paragraph (14).

(6)

In Schedule 2, in part 2, in the table—

(a)

in column 2, for the 21^st entry (that is, the entry corresponding to the entry for “Article 9(1)” in column 1) substitute—

“Regulation 4 of the Registration of Establishments (Laying Hens) (Wales) Regulations 2004 M3”;

(b)

in column 2, in the 26^th entry (that is, the entry corresponding to the entry for “Article 12(2), fourth sub-paragraph” in column 1), for “Chapter III of Council Directive 1999/74/EC” substitute “ Schedule 4 to the animal welfare regulations ”.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 2010/1671 (W. 158) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
M2: S.I. 2007/3070 (W. 264), as amended by S.I. 2010/2713 (W. 229) and S.I. [insert reference to The Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019].
M3: S.I. 2004/1432 (W. 145) as amended by S.I. [insert reference to The Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019] and to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)