The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made: 5th December 2005

Coming into operation: 1st January 2006

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PART 1 — Preliminary

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Enforcement of Regulation 183/2005

Scope and interpretation of Part 2

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Competent authorities

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Offences and penalties

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Form of notification with a view to registration

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Form of declaration in relation to transitional measures

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Form of application for approval

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Procedure for suspension of registration or approval

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Procedure for lifting of suspension

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Procedure for the revocation of registration or approval

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Form of application for amendments to approval or registration

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Rights of appeal in connection with registration or approval

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Fees for approvals or amendments to approvals

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PART 3 — Enforcement of Regulation 178/2002

Offences, penalties and enforcement

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PART 4 — Administration and Enforcement Generally

Enforcement

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Feed business improvement notices

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Right of appeal against feed business improvement notices

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Appeals to County Court

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Actions resulting from appeals

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Feed business prohibition orders

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Feed business emergency prohibition notices and orders

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Penalties for offences in relation to improvement notices, prohibition orders etc

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Powers of entry for authorised officers

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Inspection, seizure and detention of suspect feed

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Service of notices

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Offences relating to the exercise of powers by authorised officers

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Liability for expenditure

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Application of various provisions of the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

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Procedure relating to samples for analysis

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Secondary analysis by the Chief Agricultural Analyst

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Additional provisions relating to sampling and analysis

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Protection of authorised officers acting in good faith

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Defences of fault of another person, mistake etc and export

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Institution of and time limit for prosecutions

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — SPECIFIED FEED LAW

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SCHEDULE 2 — FEES PAYABLE FOR APPROVALS

Activity requiring approval of establishment	Fee (£)
Manufacture only, or manufacture and placing on the market, of substances referred to in Article 10(1)(a) or (b) of Regulation 183/2005 other than those feed additives specified in regulation 2(3), or of premixtures of such additives	212.00
Placing on the market of substances referred to in Article 10(1)(a) or (b) of Regulation 183/2005 other than those feed additives specified in regulation 2(3), or of premixtures of such additives	106.00
Any of the activities referred to at Point 10 of the Section headed “Facilities and Equipment” in Annex II to Regulation 183/2005	212.00

SCHEDULE 3 — REVOCATIONS

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 5th December 2005.

Andrew McCormick — A senior officer of the — Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(6)

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68

[^f00003]: S.I. 1999/2027

[^f00004]: S.I. 1972/1811, amended by S.I. 2002/794

[^f00005]: S.I. 2003/2901

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. That Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L245, 29.9.2003, p. 4)

[^f00007]: 1970 c. 40

[^f00008]: Section 67 in its application to Northern Ireland is substituted by section 86(3) of the Act

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L209, 6.8.2002, p. 15

[^f00011]: O.J. No. L191, 28.5.2004, p. 1

[^f00013]: 1971 c. 80

[^f00014]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00015]: 1981 N.I. 26

[^f00016]: 1996 c. 23

[^f00018]: 1981 No. 1115 (N.I. 22)

[^f00020]: As modified in its application to Northern Ireland by section 86 of the Act

[^f00021]: S.I. 1999 No. 1872

[^f00022]: S.I. 1999 No. 2325

[^f00023]: S.R. 2004 No. 506

[^f00024]: S.R. 2001 No. 209

[^f00025]: S.R. 2001 No. 428

[^f00026]: S.R. 2002 No. 263

[^f00027]: S.R. 2003 No. 287

[^f00028]: S.R. 2005 No. 74

Editorial notes

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Appointment of agricultural analysts

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