Regulation 29 Checks on products

England and Wales

(1)

The person responsible for introducing any product into England shall permit an authorised officer of an enforcement authority to carry out checks in relation to the product pursuant to F1Articles 34(5) and (6), 44(2)F2, Article 45(1), (2) and (4) and regulation 49(1) of Regulation 2017/625.

(2)

When an authorised officer is carrying out checks in relation to a product pursuant to Articles 34(5) and (6), 44(2), Article 45(1), (2) and (4) and F3... 49(1) of Regulation 2017/625, the person introducing the product shall provide the facilities and assistance which the authorised officer reasonably requires to carry them out.

(3)

When an authorised officer of an enforcement authority is carrying out an identity check or a physical check on a product in accordance with Articles 34(5) and (6), 44(2), Article 45(1), (2) and (4) and F4... 49(1) of Regulation 2017/625 he shall be entitled to require that the check takes place at a specified place.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 29 substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1476), regs. 1, 17
F2: Words in reg. 29 substituted (5.8.2020) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/738), regs. 1, 2(4)
F3: Word in reg. 29(2) omitted (25.12.2020) by virtue of The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1410), regs. 1(2), 3(4)
F4: Word in reg. 29(3) omitted (25.12.2020) by virtue of The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1410), regs. 1(2), 3(4)

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: 1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51).
F2: S.I. 2003/2901.
F3: S.I. 1972/1811.
F4: S.I. 1999/2027.
F5: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).