- Enforced by
- Food Standards Scotland
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated 1 of 3 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person1
Operator1
Employee1
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations)
203 duties
Space Industry Regulations 2021
76 duties
Employee — also bound by 189 other Acts
Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014
10 duties
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1
PRELIMINARY
0 of 2 sections shown2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation, commencement and extent
s.002
Interpretation
Part 2
MAIN PROVISIONS
1 of 20 sections shown
s.005
Obtaining information
Regulated
- Fail to provide information/records or give false informationEmployee
19 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.003
Competent authorities
s.003
Delegation by feed authority
s.004
Exchanging and providing information
s.006
Power to issue codes of recommended practice
s.007
Monitoring of enforcement action
s.008
Power to request information relating to enforcement action
s.009
Power of entry for persons monitoring enforcement action
s.010
Meaning of “enforcement authority” and related expressions
s.011
Offences relating to regulations 8 and 9
s.012
Right of appeal
s.013
Appeal to Court of Session against dismissal of appeal under regulation 12(1)
s.014
Staff of competent authority of another member State
s.015
Commission experts
s.016
Prohibition on disclosure of trade secrets
s.017
Execution and enforcement
s.018
Powers of entry
s.019
Obstruction etc. of officers
s.020
Penalties
s.021
Time limit for prosecutions
Part 3
OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON FEED AND FOOD OF NON–ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM THIRD COUNTRIES
1 of 22 sections shown
s.027
Deferred execution and enforcement
Regulated
- Honour written undertaking for deferred import food/feed examinationAny Person
21 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.022
Interpretation of this Part of these Regulations
s.023
Feed enforcement responsibilities and competent authority status
s.024
Food enforcement responsibilities and competent authority status
s.025
Functions of the Commissioners
s.026
Exchange of information
s.028
Prohibition on introduction of certain feed and food
s.029
Checks on products
s.030
Border control posts
s.031
Detention, destruction, special treatment, re–dispatch and other appropriate measures and costs
s.032
Notices in relation to imports of feed and food from third countries pursuant to regulation 31
s.033
Right of appeal in respect of notices served under regulation 32
s.034
Appeal to Court of Session against dismissal of appeal under regulation 33
s.035
Serious risk to animal or public health
s.036
Costs and fees
s.037
Procurement by authorised officers of samples with regard to food
s.038
Analysis etc. of samples
s.039
Powers of entry of authorised officers of a food authority
s.040
Obstruction etc. of officers (imports)
s.041
Offences and penalties
s.042
Time limit for prosecutions (imports)
s.042
Savings for declarations
Part 4
RECOVERY OF EXPENSES
1 of 3 sections shown
s.042
Fees or charges arising from unplanned official controls
Regulated
- Pay fees for unplanned official controls on written demandOperator
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.043
Expenses arising from additional official controls
s.044
Expenses arising in respect of co-ordinated assistance and follow-up by the Commission
Part 5
ENFORCEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
0 of 9 sections shown9 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.045
Offences due to fault of another person
s.046
Defence of due diligence
s.047
Offences by bodies corporate
s.048
Offences by Scottish partnerships
s.049
Protection of officers acting in good faith
s.050
Service of documents
s.051
Amendment to the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement)
(Scotland) Regulations 2005
s.052
Revocation
s.053
Transitional and savings provisions applying to feed
3 other provisions
s.para.57
“ Decision 2007/275 ” means Commission Decision 2007/275/EC concerning lists...
s.para.58
“relevant feed law” means— Part IV of the Agriculture Act...
s.para.59
“relevant food law” means— food law in so far as...
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.