The Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2009
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2009/2163 |
| Year | 2009 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 14th September 2009.(2) They apply in England only.The Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2008
(1) In these Regulations—
- “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
- “authorised officer” means any person who has written authority from an enforcement authority to act in matters arising under or in relation to the Act or these Regulations;
- “breeding establishment” has the meaning given by Article 1(3) (b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008;
- “chicks” has the meaning given by Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008;
- “Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs, as amended from time to time;
- “Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks, as amended from time to time; ... ...
- “door-to-door selling” means a sale which is made during an unsolicited visit by a producer to the final consumer's home, or to the home of another person, or to the final consumer's place of work;
- “eggs” has the meaning given by sub-paragraph (k) of the second paragraph of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008;
- “eggs for hatching” has the meaning given by Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008;
- “enforcement authority” means an authority exercising a function conferred on it by regulation 17;
- F67“the English welfare regulations” means the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007;
- “final consumer” has the meaning given by sub-paragraph (r) of the second paragraph of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008;
- “food authority” means—
- (a) a county council;
- (b) a metropolitan district council;
- (c) a non-metropolitan district council for an area for which there is no county council;
- (d) a London borough council;
- (e) the Common Council of the City of London (in their capacity as a local authority) ; and
- (f) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
- “hatchery” has the meaning given by Article 1(3) (c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008;
- “local public market”, in relation to eggs laid at a production site, means—
- (a) a public market that is within an 80 kilometre radius of the boundary of the production site; or
- (b) where a public market is partly within an 80 kilometre radius of the boundary of the production site and partly outside an 80 kilometre radius of the boundary of the production site, the whole of that market;
- “market”, when used as a noun, means—
- (a) a market or fair for which the right to hold it was acquired by virtue of a grant (including a presumed grant) or acquired or established by virtue of an enactment or subordinate legislation; and
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(b) a temporary market—
- (i) comprising of a concourse of buyers and sellers of articles held otherwise than in a building or on a highway, with not less than five stalls, stands, vehicles (whether moveable or not) or pitches from which articles are sold; and
- (ii) for which any notice required under section 37(2) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 has been given;
- “officer”—
- (a) in relation to a body corporate, means a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body; and ...
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