Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2005 c.3296

Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2005 No. 3296 (W. 254)

Summary:	1. These Regulations revoke and re-enact with certain changes the Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3501 (W.228) (Cy.228), which gave effect in relation to Wales to Article 1.1 of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1 August 1996 for any purpose and exempting such animals from certain control and eradication measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 (OJ No. L204, 5.8.2005, p.22). In doing so, these Regulations ensure that that Article continues to have effect in relation to Wales. The revocation of the Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Wales) Regulations 2005 is effected by regulation 9 of these Regulations. 2. Article 1.1 of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC provides that certain products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1 August 1996 may not be placed on the market. 3. The prohibition contained in Article 1.1 of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC is now given effect by regulation 3 of these Regulations. 4. The changes effected by these Regulations which are not relevant to the prohibition contained in Article 1.1 of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC- are necessary in the light of the coming into force of the Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3292 (W.252) (Cy.252), which provide for the execution and enforcement in relation to Wales of certain Community instruments relating to food hygiene. 5. These Regulations also: (a) apply with modifications certain provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c. 16) for the purposes of these Regulations (regulation 4); (b) provide for the inspection and seizure of products that are suspected of having been placed on the market in contravention of regulation 3 (regulation 5); (c) create offences and penalties (regulation 6); (d) make provision for their enforcement (regulation 7); and (e) make a consequential amendment to the Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/614) in so far as they apply in relation to Wales (regulation 8).
Made Under:	European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2003 (SI 2003/1246) - in relation to measures in the veterinary field for the protection of public health, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, after open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety
Amending:	Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (3051)
Amending:	Amend of the Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995
Amended By:	Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Wales) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (1835)

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