These Regulations consist very largely of provisions which are consequential on Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption and on the Regulations which provide for the enforcement of that Regulation in relation to Wales, namely the Animal By-Products (Wales) Regulations 2003. These Regulations amend the 1995 Regulations by: (a) in regulation 2(1) modifying definitions; (b) In regulation 5 substituting a revised version paragraph (1)(e) and in paragraph (2) deleting certain words the need to delete which was overlooked in an earlier instrument amending the 1995 Regulations; (c) in regulation 6 substituting revised versions of paragraphs (2)(b)(iii) and (4) (which, read together, specify a category of animal by-product to which the duty of occupiers of cold stores, cutting premises, game processing facilities and slaughterhouses to stain animal by-products which is imposed by paragraph (1) of that regulation does not apply); (d) in regulation 7 substituting revised versions of paragraphs (2) and (3) (which, read together, specify a category of animal by-product to which the duty of occupiers of animal by-products premises to stain animal by-products which is imposed by paragraph (1) of that regulation does not apply); (e) in regulation 9 substituting a revised version of paragraph (3) (which provides that animal by-products may not be stored in cold stores, cutting premises, game processing facilities or slaughterhouses if specified conditions are not met) and in regulation 10 substituting a revised version of paragraph (2) which specifies a category of animal by-product to which the prohibition on moving animal by-products from animal by-products premises, cold stores, cutting premises, game processing facilities or slaughterhouses without first staining them which is imposed by paragraph (1) of that regulation does not apply).
大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国 · 2003-10-29