Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1209
FOOD, ENGLAND
The Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Charges) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000
Made
4th May 2000
Laid before Parliament
8th May 2000
Coming into force
10th May 2000
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45 and 48(1)(b) of the Food Safety Act 1990( 1 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after having regard in accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Title, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Charges) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th May 2000.
(2) These Regulations apply to England.
Amendment of the Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Charges) Regulations 1995
2. The Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Charges) Regulations 1995( 2 ) shall be amended (in so far as they apply to England) in accordance with regulations 3 to 5 below.
3. In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) the definition of “dairy farm visit” and the associated definitions of “sampling dairy farm visit” and “general dairy farm visit” shall be omitted;
(b) the following definition shall be inserted after the definition of “registered production holding”—
“ “sampling dairy farm visit” means a visit to a registered production holding by an inspector for the purpose of taking samples of milk for analysis and examination to ascertain whether paragraph 2(b) of Part I of Schedule 4 (as read with regulation 9(1)(d) and (2)(a)) to the principal Regulations is being complied with; ” .
4. In regulation 3 (liability to charges)—
(a) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“ (1) For the purposes of carrying out any sampling, analysis and examination of raw cows' milk which is drinking milk in pursuance of regulation 16(3) of the principal Regulations and subject to paragraph (2) below, there shall be due from a specified producer to the Agency in respect of any sampling dairy farm visit a charge of £63. ” ;
(b) in paragraph (2) sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted.
5. The Schedule shall be omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Gisela Stuart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health,
Department of Health
4th May 2000
1990 c. 16 ; functions formerly exercisable by the Ministers are now exercisable in relation to England by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) ; functions formerly exercisable by the Ministers were transferred, in relation to Wales, by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 ); regulation 13(4) of S.I. 2000/656 expressly authorises the Secretary of State to amend existing Regulations made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (whether with others or not) under the Food Safety Act 1990.
S.I. 1995/1122 , to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.