The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Wales) Regulations 2011

Made: 21 July 2011

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 25 July 2011

Coming into force: 1 September 2011

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PART 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Title, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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Notices

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Revocations

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PART 2 — NOTIFICATIONS BY OPERATORS

Notifications by operators

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PART 3 — BOVINE CARCASES

Application of these Regulations to small-scale bovine operators

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Competent authority etc: bovine carcases

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Labelling instead of marking

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Licence to carry out classification

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Licence for automated grading

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Appeals regarding licences

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Records: bovine carcases

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PART 4 — PIG CARCASES

Exemption for small-scale pig operators

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Competent authority etc: pig carcases

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Records instead of marking

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Records: pig carcases

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PART 5 — ENFORCEMENT AND OFFENCES

Powers of entry

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Powers of authorised officers

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Enforcement notices

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Appeals against enforcement notices

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Penalty notices

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Restriction on proceedings for penalty offence

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Payment of penalty

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Withdrawal of penalty notice

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Offences: European beef provisions

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Offences: European pig provisions

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Offences: notifications by operators

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Offences: licences (bovine carcases)

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Offences: records and marks

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Offences: obstruction etc.

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Period for bringing prosecution

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Offences by bodies corporate

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Defence of due diligence

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Offences: punishment

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SCHEDULE 1 — European provisions: bovine carcases

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PART 2

(1) Regulation containing European provision	(2) Provision	(3) Subject matter
Commission Regulation	Article 6(3)	Requirements as to marking of carcases to indicate the category and class of conformation and fat cover
	Article 6(4)	Requirements in relation to labelling of a carcase
	Article 6(5)	Prohibition on removal of marks and labels before boning

SCHEDULE 2 — European provisions: pig carcases

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SCHEDULE 3 — Records: bovine carcases

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SCHEDULE 4 — Records: pig carcases

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Signed

Alun Davies — Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes, under authority of the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science, one of the Welsh Ministers — 21 July 2011

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: By virtue of article 3 of the European Communities (Designation) (No. 5) Order 2010, S.I. 2010/2690.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).

[^f00003]: Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.

[^f00004]: OJ No L 299, 16.11.2007, p.1, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00005]: OJ No L 337, 16.12.2008, p.3.

[^f00006]: OJ No L 165, 30.4.2004, p.1. The revised text of the Regulation is contained in a corrigendum (OJ No L 191, 28.5.2004, p.1), and there are further amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00007]: OJ No L 139, 30.4.2004, p.55. The revised text of the Regulation is contained in a corrigendum (OJ No L 226, 25.6.2004, p.22), and there are further amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1995/539, revoked in relation to England by S.I. 2005/2059, in relation to Scotland by S.S.I. 2005/505 and in relation to Wales by S.I. 2005/3292.

[^f00009]: OJ No L 139, 30.4.2004, p.206. The revised text of the Regulation is contained in a corrigendum (OJ No L 226, 25.6.2004, p.83); relevant amendments were made by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 (OJ No L 338, 22.12.2005, p.27), Commission Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 (OJ No L 338, 22.12.2005, p.83), Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ No L 363, 20.12.2006, p.1) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1021/2008 (OJ No L 277, 18.10.2008, p.15).

[^f00010]: S.I. 1991/2242.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1994/2155, amended in relation to Wales by S.I. 2004/106 (W. 13).

[^f00012]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00013]: S.I. 1994/2853.

[^f00014]: S.I. 2004/106 (W. 13).

[^f00015]: S.I. 2008/576.

[^f00016]: OJ No L 312, 11.11.2006, p.6, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00017]: OJ No L 160, 26.6.1999, p.21, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00018]: OJ No L 223, 21.8.2008, p.3, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00019]: 1980 c. 43; sections 51 and 52 have been substituted by the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), section 47.

[^f00020]: OJ No L 116, 22.4.2004, p 32, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

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Editorial notes

[^key-9ed609e9e5a2826eae7697f2a910fb8c]: Regulations revoked (14.12.2018) by The Carcase Classification and Price Reporting (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1215), regs. 1(3), 4(a) (with reg. 6) [Editorial note: No historical revised versions have been created for amendments to this S.I. made prior to its final revocation. A revised version of how the S.I. stood at its first commencement is available and, to see the document content as it originally stood when it was made, select the 'Original (As Made)' version. For further details of the amendments see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources']