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The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2006

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 99 Cited in Amendments 7 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2006/15
Year2006
  • may be cited as the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2006;
  • come into force on 11th January 2006; and
  • apply in relation to England only.
    • (1) In these Regulations —(2) Subject to paragraph (3) , any expression other than one defined in paragraph (1) that is used both in these Regulations and in the Act has the meaning it bears in the Act.(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, any expression used both in these Regulations and in Regulation 178/2002 or Regulation 882/2004 has the meaning it bears in Regulation 178/2002 or Regulation 882/2004, as the case may be.by an order under section 2 or 7 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 by an order under section 6 of the Public Health Act 1936 by an order under paragraph 15(6) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1985 (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (5) , any body specified in Column 1 of Schedule 4 is designated as a competent authority for the purposes of the provisions of Regulation 882/2004 indicated in the corresponding entry in Column 2 of that Schedule in so far as those provisions apply in relation to relevant feed law.(2) Where the feed authority is designated as a competent authority pursuant to paragraph (1) the designation shall extend to its area or district only, as the case may be.(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) to (6) , any body specified in Column 1 of Schedule 5 is designated as a competent authority for the purposes of the provisions of Regulation 882/2004 indicated in the corresponding entry in Column 2 of that Schedule in so far as those provisions apply in relation to relevant food law.(4) Where the food authority is designated as a competent authority pursuant to paragraph (3) the designation shall extend to its area only.(5) Where the Agency is designated as a competent authority pursuant to paragraph (1) or (3) for the purposes of Article 31(1) of Regulation 882/2004, the designation shall extend only to the operations in respect of which the Agency executes and enforces the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006 by virtue of regulation 5(1) (a) of those Regulations.(6) Where the Agency is designated as a competent authority pursuant to paragraph (3) for the purposes of Article 31(2) of Regulation 882/2004, the designation shall extend, as regards Article 31(2) (a) to (e) , only to those operations in respect of which the Agency executes and enforces the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006 by virtue of regulation 5(2) of those Regulations.(1) For the purposes of enabling competent authorities, other OFFC authorities and member States to fulfil the obligations placed upon them by Regulation 882/2004 competent authorities may exchange among themselves or provide to other OFFC authorities any information received by them in the execution and enforcement of relevant feed law or relevant food law.(2) For the purpose of executing and enforcing relevant feed law or relevant food law, competent authorities may exchange among themselves any information received by them in the execution and enforcement of relevant feed law or relevant food law.(3) Competent authorities may share information received by them in the execution and enforcement of relevant feed law or relevant food law with the bodies that execute and enforce relevant feed law or relevant food law in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland for the purposes of facilitating the execution and enforcement of relevant feed law or relevant food law in those countries.(4) Paragraphs (1) , (2) and (3) are without prejudice to any other power of competent authorities to disclose information by or under Community legislation.(5) For the purposes of this regulation, “other OFFC authorities” means authorities designated in the United Kingdom as competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 882/2004 other than the competent authorities designated under these Regulations.to provide the competent authority with any information which it has reasonable cause to believe the control body is able to give; andto make available to the competent authority for inspection by it any records which it has reasonable cause to believe are held by the control body or are otherwise within its control (and, if they are kept in computerised form, to make them available in a legible form) .(2) The competent authority may copy any records made available to it under paragraph (1) (b) .fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed under paragraph (1) ; orin purported compliance with such a requirement furnishes information which he knows to be false or misleading in any material particular or recklessly furnishes information which is false or misleading in any material particular,(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1) , the term “control body” includes any member, officer or employee of a control body.functions conferred upon those authorities in their capacity as competent authorities by or under Regulation 882/2004; orthe execution and enforcement of the Import Provisions;(2) The Agency may, after consulting the Secretary of State, give a feed authority or food authority a direction requiring them to take any specified steps in order to comply with a code issued under this regulation.

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