Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Wales) Regulations 2005 c.3051

Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Wales) Regulations 2005 No. 3051 (W. 228)

Summary:	1. These Regulations, which apply in relation to Wales, give effect there 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). 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. That prohibition is given effect by regulation 3 of these Regulations. 4. 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 or these Regulations (regulation 5); (c) create offences and penalties (regulation 6); (d) make provision for their enforcement (regulation 7); (e) make an amendment to regulation 3 of the Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/614) in so far as it applies in relation to Wales that is consequential on regulation 3 of these Regulations and regulation 10A(5) of the TSE (Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1416 (W.142), inserted by regulation 4 of the TSE (Wales) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/ ) (regulation 8); and (f) revoke the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2097) in so far as they apply in relation to Wales (regulation 9).
Made Under:	European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2003 (SI 2003/1246) European Communities Act 1972 (C. 68) - section 2(2) in relation to measures in the veterinary field for the protection of public health, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, after consultation 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, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council,
Amending:	Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995/614
Amended By:	Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2005 (3296) - Revoke

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