# The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (revoked) S.S.I. 2007/522 · made 21 November 2007 · revised to 25 January 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-scotland-regulations-2007-revoked/pdf/ssi_20070522_en.pdf; Executive Note https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-scotland-regulations-2007-revoked/pdf/ssien_20070522_en.pdf ## Introductory text AGRICULTURE FOOD Made 21st November 2007 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22nd November 2007 Coming into force 14th December 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: PRELIMINARY ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: MAIN PROVISIONS ## 3 Appointment of authorised officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Exchanging and providing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Obtaining information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Power to issue codes of recommended practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Monitoring of enforcement action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Power to request information relating to enforcement action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Power of entry for persons monitoring enforcement action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Meaning of “enforcement authority” and related expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Offences relating to regulations 9 and 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Right of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Appeal to Court of Session against dismissal of appeal under regulation 13(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Staff of competent authority of another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Commission experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Prohibition on disclosure of trade secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Execution and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Powers of entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Obstruction etc. of officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Time limit for prosecutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON FEED AND FOOD OF NON-ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ## 23 Interpretation of this Part of these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Feed enforcement responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Food enforcement responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Deferred execution and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Prohibition on introduction of certain feed and food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Checks on products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Detention, destruction, special treatment, re-dispatch and other appropriate measures and costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Notices pursuant to Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation 882/2004 (imports of feed and food from third countries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Right of appeal in respect of notices served under regulation 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Appeal to Court of Session against dismissal of appeal under regulation 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Serious risk to animal or public health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Liability for Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Procurement by authorised officers of samples with regard to food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Analysis etc. of samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Powers of entry of authorised officers of a food authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Obstruction etc. of officers (imports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Offences and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Time limit for prosecution (imports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: RECOVERY OF EXPENSES ## 41 Expenses arising from additional official controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Expenses arising in respect of co-ordinated assistance and follow-up by the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: ENFORCEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS ## 43 Offences due to fault of another person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Defence of due diligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Offences by bodies corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Offences by Scottish partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Protection of officers acting in good faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Service of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Revocation and savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: DEFINITIONS OF COMMUNITY LEGISLATION ## 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Schedule 5 COMPETENT AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REGULATION 882/2004 IN SO FAR AS THEY APPLY IN RELATION TO RELEVANT FOOD LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/522 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-scotland-regulations-2007-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.