LegalizeThe Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2008
- (f) providing an exception from the provisions of points III(1) and (3) of Part A of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation, as regards the marking of eggs for consumption (regulation 9);
- (g) varying the minimum requirements for the marketing of eggs as free-range eggs by authorising livestock grazing on open-air runs for hens producing such eggs (regulation 10);
- (h) providing an exception from the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008, by allowing eggs to be marketed as free-range eggs although not all of the requirements laid down in that Regulation for free-range eggs are met (regulation 11);
- (i) providing an exception from the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008, by allowing eggs to be marketed as barn eggs although not all of the requirements laid down in that Regulation for barn eggs are met (regulation 12);
- (j) providing a right of appeal against certain decisions of the Secretary of State and authorised officers (regulation 18); and
- (k) imposing a penalty for offences under the Regulations (regulation 19).
Similar provisions were included in the 2007 Regulations by reference to the provisions in the now revoked EC Regulations and these Regulations contain updated references to the equivalent provisions of the Single CMO Regulation and the two new Commission Regulations.
An impact assessment has not been prepared as this instrument has no impact on business, charities or the voluntary sector.
Footnotes
The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).
OJ No L 299, 16.11.2007, p1, last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (OJ No L 149, 7.6.2008, p 61).
OJ No L 168, 28.6.2008, p 5.
Section 48(4A) was inserted by paragraphs 7 and 21 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28).
OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p 1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 202/2008 (OJ No L 60, 5.3.2008, p 17).
Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).
Section 6(4) was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), paragraphs 7, 10(1) and (3) of Schedule 5, and Schedule 6, to the Food Standards Act 1999, and Schedule 2 to S.I. 2002/794.
Section 16(1) was amended by paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.
Section 17 was amended by paragraphs 7, 8 and 12 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards 1999.
Section 26 was amended by Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999.
Section 48(1) was amended by paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.
Functions formerly exercisable by “the Ministers” (being, in relation to England and Wales and acting jointly, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales and, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State) are now exercisable in relation to England by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999. By virtue of section 26(1) of the 1999 Act, functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Food Safety Act 1990 ceased to be exercisable by that Minister. Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, having been transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), as read with section 40(3) of the 1999 Act, and then transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30(2)(a) of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). The functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, are now exercisable by the Scottish Ministers. These functions were transferred to them, so far as within devolved competence, by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c. 46), as read with section 40(2) of the 1999 Act, and, so far as not transferred to them by those provisions, by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/849).
OJ No L 163, 24.6.2008, p 6.
OJ No L 203, 3.8.1999, p 53, last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ No L 122, 16.5.2003, p 1).
OJ No L 109, 6.5.2000, p 29, last amended by Commission Directive 2007/68/EC (OJ No L 310, 28.11.2007, p 11).
Section 21(2) was amended by S.I. 2004/3279.
Section 32 was amended by paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16).
Section 36A was inserted by paragraphs 7 and 16 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.
Section 50 was amended by paragraph 18 of Schedule 16 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.
S.I. 1995/1544, repealed by S.I. 2007/2245.
OJ No L 30, 31.1.2002, p 44, last amended by Commission Directive 2006/83/EC (OJ No L 362, 20.12.2006, p 97).
OJ No L 198, 22.7.1991, p 1, last amended by Commission Regulation 404/2008 (OJ No L 120, 7.5.2008, p 8).
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