The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (England) Regulations 2010

Made: 26th March 2010

Laid before Parliament: 31st March 2010

Coming into force: 1st June 2010

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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

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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

Jim Fitzpatrick — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2010-03-26

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations, which apply in England only, revoke and remake the provisions of the Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2155) and the Beef Carcase (Classification) (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1317). The Regulations enforce Article 42 of, and Annex V to, Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ No L 299, 16.11.2007, p 1), which relate to Community scales for the classification of carcases, and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 (OJ No L 337, 16.12.2008, p 3), which sets out further details regarding the implementation of those scales for the classification of carcases. The Regulations relate to the carcases of adult bovine animals and pigs.

The Regulations provide for notifications to be made to the Secretary of State by operators of slaughterhouses which slaughter adult bovine animals or pigs (regulation 5).

They contain provisions regarding the holding of licences by persons who classify bovine carcases or in relation to classification of such carcases by automated grading equipment (regulations 9 to 11).

They require the keeping of certain records (regulations 12 and 16 and Schedules 3 and 4).

Part 5 of the Regulations concerns enforcement, and makes provision relating to the powers of authorised officers, enforcement notices, penalty notices, and criminal proceedings. Regulations 19(3) and 25 to 30 set out the offences under the Regulations, which are all punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, except for offences under regulation 29(2) (false records and marks).

In particular regulations 25 and 26 provide that breach of specified provisions of European Union legislation (set out in Schedules 1 and 2) is an offence.

A full impact assessment has been produced and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. It is available on the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1972/1811.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51). The function of the former Minister of Agriculture of making regulations under section 2(2) was transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).

[^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]: S.I. 1994/2155, amended in relation to England by S.I. 2003/2949, 2004/1505, 2006/2192 and 2008/576.

[^f00007]: S.I. 2004/1317.

[^f00008]: 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.

[^f00009]: 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.

[^f00010]: 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.

[^f00011]: 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).

[^f00012]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00013]: S.I. 2003/2949.

[^f00014]: S.I. 2004/1505.

[^f00015]: S.I. 2006/2192.

[^f00016]: S.I. 2008/576.

[^f00019]: OJ No L 223, 21.8.2008, p 3, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00020]: 1980 c. 43; sections 51 and 52 have been substituted by the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), section 47.

[^f00021]: OJ No L 116, 22.4.2004, p 32, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Editorial notes

[^key-4258cd6cf0e7cc5d1df21b34c3c85721]: Reguations revoked (3.12.2018) by The Carcase Classification and Price Reporting (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1164), reg. 5(a) (with regs. 3, 7, 13)

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