Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 2503
Agriculture, England
The Animal Feed (England) Regulations 2010
Made
13th October 2010
Laid before Parliament
19th October 2010
Coming into force
23rd November 2010
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 66(1), 68(1), 74A(1), (2) and (4) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970( 1 ), as read with regulation 14 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000( 2 ).
In so far as these Regulations cannot be made under the powers in the Agriculture Act 1970 specified above, the Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of his powers as a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 3 ) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community( 4 ), measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health( 5 ) and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals( 6 ), as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to that Act.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for references to the Annexes to the EU instruments mentioned in regulation 2(3) to be construed as references to those Annexes as they may be amended from time to time.
There has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations in accordance with the requirements of Article 9 of Regulation 7 ) or, in the case of provisions relating to feed for non food-producing animals, of section 84(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970.
PART 1 Introductory and general
Title, application and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Animal Feed (England) Regulations 2010, apply in relation to England only and come into force on 23rd November 2010.
Interpretation and scope
2. —(1) In these Regulations —
“the Act” means the Agriculture Act 1970;
“Directive 82/475” means Commission Directive animals( 8 );
“Directive 2002/32” means Directive animal feed( 9 );
“Regulation 1831/2003” means Regulation animal nutrition( 10 );
“Directive 2008/38” means Commission Directive animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes( 11 );
“Regulation 767/2009” means Regulation 12 );
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“feed authority” means an authority identified in section 67(1) of the Act as having the duty to enforce Part IV of the Act within its area or district as the case may be.
(2) Any expression used in these Regulations and in Regulation 1831/2003 or Regulation 767/2009 has the meaning in these Regulations that it bears in the Regulation concerned.
(3) Any reference to an Annex to Directive 82/475, Directive 2002/32, Directive 2008/38 or Regulation 767/2009 is a reference to that Annex as it may be amended from time to time.
(4) These Regulations do not apply to any feed additive in category (d) or (e) of Article 6(1) of Regulation 1831/2003, with the exception of those in the functional groups listed in paragraph 4(a), (b) and (c) of Annex 1 to that Regulation( 13 ).
PART 2 Marketing and use of feed
Interpretation of this Part and Schedule 1
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Enforcement of requirements of Regulation 767/2009
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Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 767/2009
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PART 3 Feed additives
Interpretation of this Part
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Enforcement of requirements of Regulation 1831/2003
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PART 4 Undesirable substances in feed
Interpretation of this Part
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Control of animal feeds containing undesirable substances
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PART 5 Feeds for particular nutritional purposes
Interpretation of this Part
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Control of feed intended for particular nutritional purposes
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PART 6 Administration and enforcement
Penalties for offences under these Regulations
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Duties to enforce
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PART 7 Amendments and modifications of the Agriculture Act 1970
Amendments and modifications of the Agriculture Act 1970
14. —(1) The Act is amended or modified, as the case may be, in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (9).
(2) In section 66 (interpretation of Part IV) —
(a) in subsection (1), after the definition of Regulation
“ “Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 ” means Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition;
“Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 ” means Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC , Commission Directive 80/511/EEC , Council Directives 82/471/EEC , 83/228/EEC , 93/74/EEC , 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC ; ” ; and
(b) for subsection (2) substitute the following —
“ (2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act material shall be treated as sold for use as a fertiliser or feeding stuff whether it is sold to be so used by itself or as an ingredient in something which is to be so used. ” .
(3) In section 68 (duty of seller to give statutory statement) —
(a) after subsection (5) insert the following subsection —
“ (5A) Nothing in subsections (1) to (5) applies to anyone to whom the requirements of Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 (labelling and packaging of feed additives and premixtures) or of Chapter 4 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 (labelling, presentation and packaging) apply. ” ;
(b) after subsection (6) add the following subsection —
“ (7) Failure to comply with the labelling requirements of Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 or of Chapter 4 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 shall not invalidate a contract of sale, but such labelling shall, regardless of any contract or notice to the contrary, have effect as a warranty by the person who gives it that the particulars contained in it are correct. ” .
(4) In section 69 (marking of material prepared for sale), in subsection (1) omit the words “or feeding stuff”.
(5) In section 70 (use of names or expressions with prescribed meanings) —
(a) subsection (1)(a) in so far as it applies in relation to feeding stuffs shall apply as if the expression “under Regulation
(b) after subsection (5) add the following subsection —
“ (6) Nothing in subsections (2) to (4) of this section shall apply to anyone to whom the labelling requirements of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 apply. ” .
(6) In section 71 (particulars to be given of certain attributes if claimed to be present) —
(a) subsection (4) in so far as it applies in relation to feeding stuffs shall apply as if —
(i) the expression “the requirements of Article 13 of Regulation
(ii) “that Article” were substituted for “that subsection”;
(b) after subsection (5) add the following subsection —
“ (6) Nothing in subsections (1) to (3) of this section shall apply to anyone to whom Article 13 (claims) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 applies. ” .
(7) Sections 73 and 73A shall cease to have effect.
(8) In section 74 (limits of variation) after subsection (2) add the following subsection —
“ (3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall apply to anyone to whom Article 11.5 and Annex IV (permitted tolerances) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 applies. ” .
(9) In section 74A, subsection (3) shall not apply to regulations concerning feed.
PART 8 Amendments to Regulations
Amendment of the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005
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Amendment of the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009
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Revocations
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Anne Milton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
Regulation 4(1)
SCHEDULE CHARACTER TO SORT OUT 1 Specified Provisions of Regulation 767/2009
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Regulation 17
SCHEDULE 2 Revocations
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1970 c.40 . Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions “the Ministers”, “prescribed” and “regulations”. The definition of “the Ministers” was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 ( S.I. 1978/272 ), Schedule 5, paragraph 1. Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672 and subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 ( 2006 c.32 ). Those functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 ( 1998 c. 46 ). By virtue of S.I. 1999/3141 , functions of the Secretaries of State for Wales and Scotland previously exercisable in relation to England ceased to be so exercisable and were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Functions of the Minister of Agriculture were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 ( S.I.2002/794 ). Section 74A was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972 ( 1972 c. 68 ), Schedule 4, paragraph 6. Sections 66(1) and 84 were amended by S.I. 2004/3254 . Section 66(1) was also amended by S.I. 2010/2280 .
1972 c.68 . Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 ( 2006 c.51 ) and amended by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 ( 2008 c.7 ).
S.I. 1972/1811 , amended by S.I. 2002/794 .
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 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).
OJ No. L213, 21.7.1982, p.27. This Directive was last amended by Commission Directive 98/67/EC (OJ No. L261, 24.9.1998, p.10).
OJ No. L140, 30.5.2002, p.10. This Directive was last amended by Commission Directive 2010/6/EU (OJ No. L37, 10.2.2010, p.29).
OJ No. L268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. This Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 767/2009 .
OJ No. L62, 6.3.2008, p.9. This Directive was last amended by Commission Directive 2008/82 (OJ No. L202, 31.7.2008, p.48).
OJ No. L229, 1.9.2009, p.1. This Regulation was last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 568/2010 (OJ No. L163, 30.6.2010, p.30).
Categories (d) and (e) of Article 6(1) comprise respectively zootechnical additives, and coccidiostats and histomonostats. Functional groups listed in paragraphs 4(a), (b) and (c) of Annex I comprise preservatives, antioxidants and emulsifiers.