The Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2014
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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2014.(2) Subject to paragraph (3) these Regulations come into force on 28 March 2014.(3) Regulation 27 and Schedule 2 come into force immediately after the coming into force of the other regulations and schedule.(4) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.(1) In these Regulations—The competent authority for the purposes of the (1) Animal by-products, including catering waste, must not be brought on to any premises if farmed animals would have access to such animal by-products.products derived from catering waste; ormeat and bone meal derived from Category 2 material and processed animal proteins intended to be used as or in organic fertilisers and soil improvers that do not comply with the requirements of Article 32(1) (d) (placing on the market and use) of the EU Control Regulation.(3) The body or part of a body of any farmed animal that has not been slaughtered for human consumption must be held by an operator, pending consignment or disposal, in such manner as to ensure that no animal or bird will have access to it.(1) Where organic fertilisers or soil improvers are applied to land, no person may allow pigs to have access to that land or to be fed cut herbage from such land for a period of 60 days beginning with the day on which the organic fertiliser or soil improver is applied.manure;milk;milk-based products;milk-derived products;colostrum;colostrum products; ordigestive tract content.A processing plant for Category 2 material which is approved for the purpose of being a collection centre for Category 2 material is authorised as a collection centre. Bardsey Island; Caldey Island; Ramsey Island; and Flatholm Island. The placing on the market of untreated wool and untreated hair from farms or from establishments or plants is authorised except where they present a risk of any disease communicable through those products to humans or animals. Article 10(1) (requirements for the transformation of animal by-products and derived products into biogas and composting) ; Article 21(1) (processing and placing on the market of animal by-products and derived products for feeding to farmed animals) ; Article 22(1) (placing on the market and use of organic fertilisers and soil improvers) ; and Article 24(3) (pet food and other derived products. slaughterhouses;cutting plants;game-handling establishments; andcold stores.the terms “slaughterhouse”, “cutting plant” and “game-handling establishment” have the meanings given to them in regulation 5(6) of the Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006“cold store” means any other premises used for the storage, under temperature controlled conditions, of fresh meat intended for sale for human consumption.Article 8(c) ;Article 8(d) ;Article 9(c) ; orArticle 9(d) ;whole poultry bodies where the animals are dead on arrival at the slaughterhouse;bodies or parts of animals which are unfit for human consumption because they show signs of disease communicable to humans or animals;bodies or parts of animals which are unfit for human consumption because they have not been presented for either ante or post mortem inspection;bodies or parts of animals which have been contaminated with any substance which may pose a threat to public or animal health; andCategory 3 material that has changed through decomposition or spoilage so as to present an unacceptable risk to public or animal health.
- “EU Control Regulation” (“Rheoliad Rheolaeth yr UE”) means Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) ;
- “EU Implementing Regulation” (“Rheoliad Gweithredu’r UE”) means Commission Regulation (EU) No. 142/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive as amended from time to time;
- “animal by-product requirement” (“gofyniad sgil-gynhyrchion anifeiliaid”) means any requirement in Part 3 and any requirement in Column 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations as read with the provisions in Column 3 to that Schedule;
- “authorised person” (“person awdurdodedig”) means a person authorised under regulation 22;
- “competent authority” (“awdurdod cymwys”) has the meaning given in regulation 3;
- “enforcement authority” (“awdurdod gorfodi”) means a person exercising functions under regulation 21(1) or (2) ;
- “premises” (“mangre”) includes—
- (a) any land, building, shed or pen;
- (b) any receptacle or container;
- (c) any ship; or
- (d) a vehicle of any description;
- “ship” (“llong”) includes a hovercraft, submersible craft or any other floating craft but not a vessel which—
- (a) permanently rests on or is permanently attached to the seabed; or
- (b) is an installation within section 16 of the Energy Act 2008.
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