# The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2006 (revoked) W.S.I. 2006/590 · made 7 March 2006 · revised to 14 December 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-wales-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/wsi_20060590_mi.pdf ## Introductory text AGRICULTURE, WALES FOOD, WALES Made 7 March 2006 Coming into force 8 March 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: PRELIMINARY ## 1 Title, commencement and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: MAIN PROVISIONS ## 3 Competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Exchanging and providing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Obtaining information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Power to issue codes of recommended practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Monitoring of enforcement action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Power to request information relating to enforcement action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Power of entry for persons monitoring enforcement action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Meaning of “enforcement authority” and related expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Offences relating to regulations 8 and 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Right of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Appeals to Crown Court against dismissal under regulation 12(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Staff of competent authority of another Member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Commission experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Prohibition on disclosure of trade secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Execution and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Powers of entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Obstruction etc. of officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Time limit for prosecutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON FEED AND FOOD OF NON-ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ## 22 Interpretation of this Part of the Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Feed enforcement responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Food enforcement responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Functions of the Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 Decisions pursuant to Article 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 Appeals to Crown Court 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 enforcement authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Obstruction etc. of officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Offences and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Time limit for prosecutions (imports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: ENFORCEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS ## 41 Offences due to fault of another person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Defence of due diligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Offences by bodies corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Offences by Scottish partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Protection of officers acting in good faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Service of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Consequential amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: DEFINITIONS OF COMMUNITY LEGISLATION ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: DEFINITION OF RELEVANT FEED LAW ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: DEFINITION OF RELEVANT FOOD LAW ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 COMPETENT AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REGULATION 882/2004 IN SO FAR AS THEY APPLY IN RELATION TO RELEVANT FEED LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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/wsi/2006/590 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-wales-regulations-2006-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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