The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Made: 30 January 2007

Coming into force: 31 January 2007

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PART 1 — General

Title, application and commencement

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Designation of competent authorities and the exchange of information amongst them

Purposes of designations

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Designation of the National Assembly as competent authority

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Designation of local authorities, etc, as competent authorities

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Exchange of information

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PART 3 — Audits and Community controls

Powers of auditors and exception for Food Standards Agency auditors

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Powers of the National Assembly in relation to audits of local authorities, etc.

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Powers of the Food Standards Agency undertaking audits on behalf of the National Assembly

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Community controls

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PART 4 — Assistance and co-operation under Title IV

Duties of local authorities, etc, under Title IV

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Facilitating assistance and co-operation under Title IV

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Recovery of expenses

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PART 5 — Enforcement and penalties

Interpretation and application of Part 5, etc.

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Enforcement

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Powers of enforcement officers

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Offences and penalties

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Offences by bodies corporate

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Time limits for prosecution

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Amendment to the 2006 Regulations

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Signed

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998

D. Elis-Thomas — The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly — 2007-01-30

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: SI 2005/2766 in relation to the common agricultural policy (subject to certain exceptions), and SI 2003/1246 in relation to veterinary measures for the protection of public health.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1.

[^f00004]: OJ No. L100, 8.4.2006, p. 3.

[^f00005]: SI 2006/590 (W.66) as amended by SI 2006/1704 (W.166), regulation 1(3).

[^f00006]: OJ No. L165, 30.4.2004, p.1; see the corrected text as set out in the corrigendum to the Regulation published in OJ No. L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1.

[^f00007]: OJ No. L136, 24.5.2006, p. 3.

[^f00008]: OJ No. L 278, 10.10.2006, p. 15.

[^f00009]: OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p, 27.

[^f00010]: OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p. 83.

[^f00011]: SI 2006/2407.

[^f00012]: OJ No. L311, 28.11.2001, p. 1.

[^f00013]: OJ No. L136, 30.4.2004, p. 58.

[^f00014]: OJ No. L268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.

[^f00015]: OJ No. L147, 31.5.2001, p. 1 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) 1041/2006 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine animals (OJ No. L187, 8.7.2006, p. 10.)

[^f00016]: SI 2006/1226 (W.117).

[^f00017]: 1998 c. 38.

Editorial notes

[^key-a9ea5aa32d263aaabb08ded83623ff56]: Regulations revoked (31.1.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/44), regs. 1(2), 36