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PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1
These Rules may be cited as the Registered Designs Rules 1995 and shall come into force on 4th December 1995.
Interpretation
2
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —
“ the Act ” means the Registered Designs Act 1949 and “section” means a section of the Act;
“convention application” means an application in the United Kingdom under section 14;
“ Journal ” means the Official Journal (Patents) published by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks under the Patents Act 1977 ;
“register” means the register of designs kept under section 17;
“specimen” means an article with the design applied to it;
“textile article” means textile and plastics piece goods, handkerchiefs, shawls and such other classes of articles of a similar character as the registrar may from time to time decide, for which the protection required is limited to features of pattern and ornament only;
“United Kingdom” includes the Isle of Man.
Revocation
3
The Registered Designs Rules 1989 and the Registered Designs (Amendment) Rules 1990 are hereby revoked.
Forms
4
1
The forms mentioned in these Rules are those set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules.
2
A requirement under these Rules to use a form set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules is satisfied by the use either of a replica of that form or of a form which contains the information required by the form set out in the said Schedule and which is acceptable to the registrar.
DOCUMENTS
Size and presentation of documents
5
Subject to any directions that may be given by the registrar in any particular case, all applications, notices, papers having representations affixed, and other documents filed under the Act or these Rules shall be upon strong paper and, except where otherwise required, on one side only, of a size approximately 297mm by 210mm or approximately 330mm by 200mm to 210mm and having on the left hand part thereof a margin of approximately 50mm.
Signature of documents
6
1
This rule applies to any notice, application or other document required or authorised by the Act or these Rules to be given, made or filed at the Patent Office and such a notice, application or other document is referred to in the following paragraphs of this rule as a “document”.
2
A document filed by or on behalf of a firm which is concerned in any proceedings to which these Rules relate as principal and not as an agent shall contain the names of all the partners in full and shall be signed by all the partners, by any partner stating that he signs on behalf of the firm (or, in the case of a firm formed under the law of Scotland, by any partner in the firm’s name) or by any other person who satisfies the registrar that he is authorised to sign the document.
3
A document signed for or on behalf of a body corporate shall be signed by a director or the secretary or other principal officer of the body or by any other person who satisfies the registrar that he is authorised to sign the document.
4
A document signed for or on behalf of an unincorporated body or association of persons other than a firm may be signed by any person who satisfies the registrar that he is authorised to sign the document.
Service of documents
7
Any notice, application or other document sent to the Patent Office by posting it in the United Kingdom shall be deemed to have been given, made or filed at the time when the letter containing it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.
ADDRESS
Address for service
8
1
There shall be furnished to the registrar —
a
by every applicant for the registration of a design, an address for service in the United Kingdom for the purpose of his application; and
b
notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) below, by every person (including the applicant for registration of a design or the proprietor of a registered design, as the case may be) concerned in any proceedings to which any of these Rules relate, an address for service in the United Kingdom,
and the address so furnished or, where another address (being an address in the United Kingdom) has been furnished in place thereof, that address shall be treated for the purposes of that application or those proceedings, as appropriate, as the address of that applicant or, as the case may be, of that person.
2
Upon the registration of a design, the applicant’s address for service shall be treated as the address for service of the proprietor of the registered design unless an alternative address is furnished.
3
An address for service for an applicant for registration of a design, or a proprietor of a registered design, may be withdrawn by the applicant or the proprietor or an agent or other person providing the address for service, as the case may be, by notice to the registrar; and upon such notification the registrar may treat the address of the applicant or the proprietor previously notified to him, or the address shown in the register, as the address for service until such time as an alternative address is furnished.
Failure to provide address for service
9
Where an address for service in the United Kingdom has not been furnished to the registrar by an applicant in any proceedings to which these Rules relate, the registrar need not proceed with the examination of the application until such an address has been furnished to him.
AGENTS
Appointment of agents
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Unless the registrar otherwise directs in any particular case, anything required or authorised by these Rules to be done by or in relation to any person may be done by, or in relation to, his agent.
Appointment of agent after start of proceedings
11
Where after a person has become a party to proceedings before the registrar he appoints —
a
an agent for the first time, the newly appointed agent shall file Designs Form 1A on or before the first occasion when he acts as agent; or
b
one agent in substitution for another, the newly appointed agent shall file in duplicate Designs Form 1A on or before the first occasion when he acts as agent and the comptroller shall send one copy of the Form to the previously appointed agent.
APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION
Form for applications
12
Applications to register designs shall be made on Designs Form 2A.
Application for same design in respect of more than one article
13
Where it is desired to register the same design in respect of more than one article other than sets of articles, a separate application shall be made in respect of each article and each application shall be numbered separately and shall be treated as a separate and distinct application.
Article to which design is applied
14
1
Every application shall state the article to which the design is to be applied and that the applicant claims to be the proprietor of the design in relation to that article.
2
If any question arises as to whether an article to which a design is to be applied is made substantially of lace or as to whether a design to be applied to a textile article consists substantially of checks or stripes, it shall be decided by the registrar.
Statement of novelty on representations or specimens
15
1
Except in the case of an application to register the pattern or ornament of a design to be applied to a textile article, to wallpaper or similar wall covering or to lace or to sets of textile articles or lace, a statement satisfactory to the registrar of the features of the design for which novelty is claimed shall appear on each representation or specimen of the design.
2
The statement referred to in paragraph (1) above shall appear on the front of the first sheet only of each representation or specimen (except where the registrar is satisfied that this is impracticable in which case it shall appear in a place satisfactory to the registrar) and it shall be separate from any other statement or disclaimer.
Registration of same design in respect of other articles, etc.
16
If the application is for the registration of a design which has already been registered or applied for in respect of one or more articles, or consists of a design already registered or applied for with modifications or variations not sufficient to alter the character or substantially to affect the identity thereof, and it is desired to claim the protection of section 4 for such application, it shall contain the number or numbers of the registration or registrations already effected or the application or applications already made.
REPRESENTATIONS AND SPECIMENS
Supply of representations and specimens
17
Except as regards applications for registration of designs to be applied to sets of articles, there shall be furnished in connection with an application four identical representations of the design, in a form satisfactory to the registrar, or four specimens. Where representations are supplied the registrar may at any time before registration require specimens or additional representations.
Representations and specimens for sets of articles
18
1
There shall be furnished in connection with an application for the registration of a design to be applied to a set of articles five identical representations of the design in a form satisfactory to the registrar, or five specimens.
2
The representations shall show the design as applied to each different article included in the set.
Size and presentation of representations
19
1
Each representation of the design, whether to be applied to a single article or to a set of articles, shall be upon paper of the size prescribed by rule 5 above and not on cardboard, and shall appear on one side only of the paper. The figure or figures shall be placed in an upright position on the sheet except where the registrar is satisfied that it is impracticable. When more figures than one are shown, these shall where reasonably practicable be on one and the same sheet, and each shall be designated perspective view, front view, side view, plan or otherwise as the case may be.
2
Each sheet shall bear in the top left hand corner the name of the applicant and in the top right hand corner the number of sheets comprising the representation and the consecutive number of each sheet.
Drawings or tracings
20
When the representations furnished are drawings or tracings they shall be in ink and if on tracing cloth or tracing paper shall be mounted on paper of the size prescribed by rule 5 above.
Replacement of specimens by representations
21
When specimens are furnished and are not, in the registrar’s opinion, of a kind which can be conveniently mounted in a flat position by means of an adhesive upon paper or by stitching on linen-backed sheets of paper of the size prescribed by rule 5 above and stored without damage to other documents, representations shall be furnished in place of specimens.
Words, letters or numerals
22
In an application where words, letters or numerals appear in the design, the registrar may require that a disclaimer of any right to their exclusive use shall appear on each representation or specimen.
Repeating surface patterns
23
Each representation or specimen of a design which consists of a repeating surface pattern shall show the complete pattern and a sufficient portion of the repeat in length and width, and shall not be of less size than 180mm by 130mm.
Use of portrait of a member of the Royal Family or armorial bearings, etc.
24
Where a portrait of Her Majesty or of any member of the Royal Family, or a reproduction of the armorial bearings, insignia, orders of chivalry, decorations or flags of any country, city, borough, town, place, society, body corporate, institution or person appears on a design, the registrar, before proceeding to register the design, shall, if he so requires, be furnished with a consent to the registration and use of such portrait or reproduction from such official or other person as appears to the registrar to be entitled to give consent, and in default of such consent he may refuse to register the design.
Use of portrait of living or recently dead person
25
Where the name or portrait of a living person appears on a design, the registrar shall be furnished, if he so requires, with consent from such person before proceeding to register the design and, in the case of a person recently dead, the registrar may call for consent from his personal representative before proceeding with the registration of a design on which the name or portrait of the deceased person appears.
DESIGNS EXCLUDED FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 1(5)
Exclusion of designs to be applied to certain articles
26
There shall be excluded from registration under the Act designs to be applied to any of the following articles, namely —
1
works of sculpture, other than casts or models used or intended to be used as models or patterns to be multiplied by any industrial process;
2
wall plaques, medals and medallions;
3
printed matter primarily of a literary or artistic character, including book jackets, calendars, certificates, coupons, dress-making patterns, greetings cards, labels, leaflets, maps, plans, playing cards, postcards, stamps, trade advertisements, trade forms and cards, transfers and similar articles.
CONVENTION APPLICATIONS
Declarations
27
An application for registration under section 14 shall contain a declaration that the application in a convention country upon which the applicant relies is the first application made in a convention country in respect of the design, whether by the applicant or by any person of whom he claims to be the personal representative or assignee, and shall specify the convention country in which such foreign application was made, or is to be deemed under section 14(4) to have been made, and the official date thereof.
Copies and translations
28
1
In addition to the representations or specimens filed with every convention application there shall be filed with the application, or within three months thereafter, a copy of the representation of the design filed or deposited in respect of the first application in a convention country, duly certified by the authority with which it was filed or otherwise verified to the satisfaction of the registrar.
2
If any certificate or other document relating to the application is in a language other than English, a translation thereof into English verified to the satisfaction of the registrar as corresponding to the original text shall be annexed thereto.
PROCEDURE ON RECEIPT OF APPLICATION
Statement of objections by registrar
29
1
If upon consideration of the application there appears to the registrar to be any objection to it he shall send to the applicant a statement of the objection in writing, and unless the applicant sends to the registrar, within two months beginning on the date when the statement is sent to him, his observations in writing on the objection, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
2
The applicant may request a hearing either —
a
when sending his observations to the registrar under paragraph (1) above; or
b
at any time thereafter when responding (within the time specified by the registrar) to any communication sent by the registrar in relation to those observations,
and upon such request the registrar shall, if it appears to him that any objection to the application remains, give the applicant at least fourteen days' notice, or such shorter notice as the applicant may consent to accept, of the time and date when he may be heard.
Decision of registrar to be communicated in writing
30
If the applicant applies for a hearing, the decision of the registrar at the hearing shall be communicated to the applicant in writing, together with an indication in general terms of the grounds for that decision.
Appeal from registrar’s decision
31
If the applicant desires to appeal from the registrar’s decision, he shall within one month from the date of the decision apply to the registrar, upon Designs Form 7, requesting him to state in writing the grounds of, and the materials used by him in arriving at, his decision. Upon receipt of such application, the registrar shall send to the applicant a statement as aforesaid in writing and the date when the statement is sent shall be deemed to be the date of the registrar’s decision for the purpose of an appeal.
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION
Form of certificate
32
The certificate of registration of a design shall be in the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Rules, provided always that, in the case of a design which is registered under the provisions of section 4 in association with a design which has been previously registered, the certificate shall contain a statement that the design has been registered in association with that previously registered design.
Copy of certificate
33
An application under section 18(2) for a copy of a certificate of registration shall be made in writing, accompanied by the prescribed fee, if any and, where the original certificate has been lost, destroyed or otherwise cannot be produced, shall be accompanied by evidence setting out in full and verifying the circumstances in which the original certificate was lost, destroyed or cannot be produced. An application for a copy of a certificate made for any other reason shall be accompanied by a statement as to why the applicant considers it expedient for a copy to be furnished to him and shall be supported by such evidence as the registrar shall require.
NOVELTY OF DESIGNS
Deemed application date under section 3(4)
34
1
For the purpose of deciding whether a design is new the registrar may direct —
a
that an application for the registration of a design, which has been amended in such a way that the appearance of the design has been altered significantly, shall be treated as having been made on the date on which it was so amended; or
b
that, where an application for the registration of a design disclosed more than one design and has been amended so as to exclude one or more designs from the application, a subsequent application for the registration of a design so excluded made by the person who made the earlier application or his successor in title shall be treated as having been made on the date on which the earlier application was made or is treated as having been made, provided always that the later application is filed before the end of the period provided by rule 36 below for the completion of the earlier application (including any extension of time allowed under the said rule 36) or the date on which the certificate of registration of the design which is the subject of the earlier application (as amended) is granted, whichever is the earlier.
2
Nothing in paragraph (1)(a) of this rule shall be taken to limit the discretion of the registrar to decline to accept an amendment of an application for the registration of a design.
Industrial application of designs
35
A design shall be regarded for the purposes of section 6 as “applied industrially” if it is applied —
a
to more than fifty articles which do not all together constitute a single set of articles as defined in section 44(1); or
b
to goods manufactured in lengths or pieces, not being hand-made goods.
NON-COMPLETION
Time limits
36
The time prescribed for the purposes of section 3(6), which relates to non-completion of an application, shall be twelve months from the date of the application, and for those purposes the time prescribed for a subsequent application for the registration of a design excluded from an earlier application (as is referred to in rule 34 above) shall be twelve months from the date of the earlier application.
Provided that the application or the subsequent application for a design so excluded may be completed at any time after twelve months but within fifteen months of the date aforesaid, if a request for an extension of time is made on Designs Form 8 accompanied by the prescribed fee.
DEATH OF APPLICANT
Substitution
37
In the case of the death of any applicant for the registration of a design after the date of his application, and before registration of the design has been effected, the registrar may, on being satisfied of the applicant’s death, enter in the register, in place of the name and address of such deceased applicant, the name and address of the person owning the design, on such ownership being proved to the satisfaction of the registrar.
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF RIGHT IN REGISTERED DESIGN
Extension for further periods of five years
38
1
An application for extension of the period for which the right in a registered design subsists for a further period of five years shall be made on Designs Form 9A not more than three months before the expiry of the period of five years immediately preceding that further period.
2
On receipt of the prescribed extension fee accompanied by Designs Form 9A, duly completed, the registrar shall issue a certificate of extension of the period for which the right in the registered design subsists.
Notice of expiry of the right in a registered design
39
1
Where the right in a registered design has expired under section 8(3), the registrar shall, not later than six weeks after the date on which the right expired (and if an application for extension of the period for which the right subsists has still not been received by the registrar), send to the registered proprietor of the design a notice of that fact.
2
This rule does not apply to the right in a design registered in pursuance of an application made before 1st August 1989.
Late extensions
40
An application for extension of the period for which the right in a registered design subsists for a further period of five years made during the period of six months immediately following the end of a five year period shall be made on Designs Form 9A.
Restoration of lapsed right in a design under section 8A
41
1
An application under section 8A may be made within twelve months from the date on which the right in the registered design expired.
2
Any such application shall be made on Designs Form 29 and shall be supported by evidence in support of the statements made in that application.
3
The registrar shall enter in the register notice of the application and shall publish such notice in the Journal.
4
If, upon consideration of the evidence, the registrar is not satisfied that a case for an order under section 8A has been made out, he shall notify the applicant accordingly and, unless within two months the applicant requests to be heard in the matter, the registrar shall refuse the application.
5
If the applicant requests a hearing within the time allowed, the registrar shall, after giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard, determine whether the application shall be allowed or refused.
6
If the registrar decides to allow the application, he shall notify the applicant accordingly and require him to file Designs Form 30, together with Designs Form 9A, duly completed, and the amount of the unpaid extension fee and the prescribed restoration fee, upon receipt of which the registrar shall order the restoration of the right in the design and advertise the fact in the Journal.
7
If the registrar decides to refuse the application he shall notify the applicant accordingly giving written reasons for his decision if so required by the applicant.
8
This rule does not apply to the right in a design registered in pursuance of an application made before 1st August 1989.
REGISTRATION OF ASSIGNMENTS, ETC
Procedure for application for registration
42
1
An application under section 19(1) or (2) for the registration of the title of any person becoming entitled by assignment, transmission or operation of law to a registered design or to a share in a registered design, or becoming entitled as mortgagee, licensee or otherwise to any interest in a registered design shall be made on Designs Form 12A.
2
An application under paragraph (1) above shall —
a
where it relates to an assignment as mentioned in section 19(1) or (2), be signed by or on behalf of the parties thereto;
b
where it relates to a mortgage or the granting of a licence as mentioned in section 19(1) or (2), be signed by or on behalf of the mortgagor or the grantor of the licence, as the case may be;
or be accompanied by such documentary evidence as suffices to establish the assignment, transmission or operation of law.
3
The registrar may direct that such evidence as he may require in connection with the application should be furnished within such period as he may specify.
Other transaction, event or document
43
Application may be made in writing for entry in the register of notification of any transaction, event or document other than those referred to in rule 42 purporting to affect the proprietorship of, or any interest in, a registered design. The registrar may direct that such evidence as he may require in connection with the application should be furnished within such period as he may specify.
Particulars to be provided
44
An application under rule 42(1) above shall contain the name and address of the person claiming or stated to be entitled together with full particulars of the transaction, event or document under which title is claimed or given.
Cancellation of claim to be mortgagee or licensee
45
Where the name of a person is entered in the register as mortgagee or licensee, such person may on making an application on Designs Form 12A have a note entered in the register that he no longer claims to be mortgagee or licensee, as the case may be. The registrar may direct that such evidence as he may require in connection with the application should be furnished within such period as he may specify.
Alteration of name or address
46
1
A request by any person upon the alteration of his name for that alteration to be entered in the register or on any application or other document filed at the Patent Office shall be made on Designs Form 16A.
2
Before acting on a request to alter a name, the registrar may require such proof of the alteration as he thinks fit.
3
A request by any person for the alteration or correction of his address or address for service entered in the register or on any application or other document filed at the Patent Office shall be made in writing and shall identify the entry in the register or the application or other document to which the request relates.
4
Where any person files a form under these Rules and on that form he specifies as his address or address for service an address which differs from the address or address for service (as the case may be) which he has previously furnished to the registrar, he shall be deemed, in relation to the design to which the form relates, to have made a request in writing under paragraph (3) above in respect of any address or address for service of his (as the case may be) entered in the register and on any application or other document filed at the Patent Office.
5
If the registrar is satisfied that the request to alter a name, address or address for service may be allowed, he shall cause the register, application or other document to be altered accordingly.
CORRECTION OF ERRORS
Request for correction
47
Where a person interested desires, under the provisions of section 21, to correct an error, he shall make his request on Designs Form 16A (unless the error relates to his address or address for service).
DISCRETIONARY POWER
Exercise of discretionary powers of registrar
48
1
Without prejudice to any provision of the Act or these Rules requiring the registrar to hear any party to proceedings under the Act, or to give any such party an opportunity to be heard, the registrar shall, before exercising any discretion vested in him by or under the Act adversely to any party to a proceeding before him, give that party an opportunity to be heard.
2
The registrar shall give that party at least fourteen days' notice of the time and date when he may be heard unless that party consents to shorter notice.
DISPENSATION BY REGISTRAR
Registrar’s power to dispense from Rules
49
Where under these Rules any person is required to do any act or thing, or any document or evidence is required to be produced or filed and it is shown to the satisfaction of the registrar that from any reasonable cause that person is unable to do that act or thing, or that document or evidence cannot be produced or filed the registrar may, upon the production of such evidence and subject to such terms as he thinks fit, dispense with the doing of any such act or thing, or the production or filing of that document or evidence.
AMENDMENTS
Registrar’s power to allow amendments and rectify irregularities in procedure
50
If the registrar thinks fit any document or drawing or other representation of a design may be amended, and any irregularity in procedure may be rectified, on such terms as the registrar may direct.
EXTENSION OF TIME
Registrar’s power to extend times prescribed by Rules
51
The times or periods prescribed by these Rules for doing any act or taking any proceeding thereunder, other than the period prescribed in rule 41(1) above, may be extended by the registrar if he thinks fit, upon such notice and upon such terms as he may direct, and such extension may be granted although the time or period for doing such act or taking such proceeding has already expired.
APPLICATIONS FOR COMPULSORY LICENCE UNDER SECTION 10 OR CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF DESIGN UNDER SECTION 11(2) OR (3)
Procedure for application
52
1
An application for the grant of a compulsory licence under section 10 or for the cancellation of the registration of a design under section 11(2) or (3) shall be made on Designs Form 19A. Such application shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement in duplicate setting out fully the nature of the applicant’s interest and the facts upon which he relies.
2
A copy of the application and the statement of case shall be sent by the registrar to the registered proprietor.
Opposition by registered proprietor
53
If the registered proprietor desires to oppose the application he shall, within such time as the registrar may allow, file a counter-statement fully setting out the grounds on which the application is to be opposed and shall send to the applicant a copy thereof.
Evidence of applicant
54
The applicant may, within such time as the registrar may allow after receipt of the counter-statement, file evidence in support of his case and shall send to the registered proprietor a copy of any evidence so filed.
Evidence of registered proprietor and evidence in reply
55
1
Within such time as the registrar may allow, the registered proprietor may file evidence in support of his case and shall send to the applicant a copy thereof.
2
Following receipt of the copy from the registered proprietor and within such time as the registrar may allow, the applicant may file evidence confined to matters strictly in reply and shall send to the registered proprietor a copy thereof.
Prohibition on further evidence
56
No further evidence shall be filed by either party except by leave or direction of the registrar.
Procedure for hearing
57
1
On completion of the evidence, if any, or at such other time as he may see fit, the registrar shall appoint a time and date for the hearing of the case, and shall give the parties at least fourteen days' notice thereof.
2
If either party desires to be heard he shall give notice in writing of that fact to the registrar and the registrar may refuse to hear a party who has not given him such notice prior to the date of the hearing.
3
The hearing before the registrar of any dispute between two or more parties relating to any matter in connection with a registered design shall be in public unless the registrar, after consultation with those parties to the dispute who appear in person or are represented at the hearing, otherwise directs.
4
Nothing in this rule shall prevent a member of the Council on Tribunals or of its Scottish Committee from attending a hearing in his capacity as such.
CANCELLATION UNDER SECTION 11(1)
Request for cancellation
58
Where the registered proprietor of a design desires to cancel his registration, he shall request such cancellation on Designs Form 19A.
LICENCES OF RIGHT
Application to settle terms of licence of right
59
1
An application to settle the terms of a licence under section 11A(4) of the Act or section 266(2) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 shall be made on Designs Form 19A and shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement in duplicate setting out the terms of the licence which the applicant requires the registrar to settle.
2
Within fourteen days of the receipt of Designs Form 19A the registrar shall send a copy of it, together with a copy of the applicant’s statement, to the registered proprietor.
3
The registered proprietor shall, if he does not agree to the terms of the licence set out in the applicant’s statement, within six weeks of the receipt of the copies referred to in paragraph (2) above serve a notice of objection on the registrar with a statement setting out the grounds of his objection and at the same time shall serve a copy of the same on the applicant.
4
Within four weeks of the receipt of the notice of objection the applicant may serve on the registrar a counter-statement, and at the same time shall serve a copy of the same on the registered proprietor.
5
No amended statement or further statement shall be served by either party except by leave or direction of the registrar.
6
The registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the subsequent procedure.
COSTS
Costs of proceedings
60
1
The registrar may, in any proceedings before him under the Act, by order award to any party such costs as he may consider reasonable, and direct how and by what parties they are to be paid.
2
In the event of an application for the grant of a compulsory licence or for the cancellation of the registration of a design being uncontested by the registered proprietor, the registrar in deciding whether costs should be awarded to the applicant shall consider whether proceedings might have been avoided if reasonable notice had been given by the applicant to the registered proprietor before the application was filed.
Security for costs
61
1
If a person neither resides nor carries on business in the United Kingdom or another member State of the European Community, the registrar may require him to give security for the costs of any application or appeal falling within section 30(3).
2
In default of such security being given, the registrar, in the case of an application, or the Appeal Tribunal, in the case of an appeal, may treat the application or appeal as abandoned.
EVIDENCE BEFORE REGISTRAR
Evidence
62
1
Where under these Rules evidence may be filed, it shall be by statutory declaration or affidavit.
2
The registrar may if he thinks fit in any particular case take oral evidence in lieu of or in addition to such evidence and shall allow any witness to be cross-examined on his statutory declaration, affidavit or oral evidence, unless he directs otherwise.
3
The registrar shall in relation to the examination of witnesses on oath and the discovery and production of documents have all the powers of an official referee of the Supreme Court.
4
The rules applicable to the attendance of witnesses before such a referee shall apply in relation to the attendance of witnesses in proceedings before the registrar.
Form and content of statutory declaration or affidavit
63
1
The statutory declarations and affidavits required by these Rules, or used in any proceedings thereunder, shall be headed in the matter or matters to which they relate, and shall be divided into paragraphs consecutively numbered, and each paragraph shall, so far as possible, be confined to one subject.
2
Every statutory declaration or affidavit shall state the description and true place of abode of the person making the same, and shall be written, typed, lithographed or printed.
Making and subscription of statutory declaration or affidavit
64
1
Any statutory declaration or affidavit filed under the Act or these Rules shall be made and subscribed as follows —
a
in the United Kingdom, before any justice of the peace or any commissioner or other officer authorised by law in any part of the United Kingdom to administer an oath for the purpose of any legal proceedings;
b
in any other part of Her Majesty’s dominions or in the Republic of Ireland, before any court, judge, justice of the peace or any officer authorised by law to administer an oath there for the purpose of any legal proceedings; and
c
elsewhere, before a British Minister, or person exercising the functions of a British Minister, or a Consul, Vice-Consul or other person exercising the functions of a British Consul or before a notary public, judge or magistrate.
2
Any document purporting to have affixed, impressed or subscribed thereto or thereon the seal or signature of any person authorised by paragraph (1) above to take a declaration may be admitted by the registrar without proof of the genuineness of the seal or signature, or of the official character of the person or his authority to take the declaration.
Registrar’s power to require documents, information or evidence
65
At any stage of any proceedings before the registrar, he may direct that such documents, information or evidence as he may require shall be filed within such period as he may specify.
ADVISERS
Registrar’s power to appoint advisers
66
The registrar may appoint an adviser to assist him in any proceedings before the registrar and shall settle the question or instructions to be submitted or given to such adviser.
INSPECTION OF REGISTER AND DOCUMENTS
Inspection by public
67
The register (or the material on the register) and the material available for inspection pursuant to section 22 shall be made available for inspection by the public on payment of the prescribed fee between the hours of ten a.m. and four p.m. on weekdays, other than Saturdays and days which are specified as excluded days for the purposes of section 39.
Direction by registrar under section 5(1)
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Where the registrar has given a direction under section 5(1) prohibiting or restricting the publication of information with respect to a design, the representation or specimen of the design and any such evidence as is mentioned in section 5(2)(b) shall not be open to public inspection while such direction remains in force.
Prohibition on inspection under section 22(2)
69
The period prescribed under section 22(2) during which a design shall not be open to inspection except as provided in that section shall be three years as regards designs to be applied to textile articles, and two years as regards designs to be applied to wallpaper and similar wall covering and lace.
SEARCHES
Procedure when registration number known
70
Where any person desires to obtain the information which he is entitled to obtain under section 23 and can furnish the registration number of the design, he shall make his request in writing accompanied by the prescribed fee, if any, and the registrar shall thereafter furnish him with the information aforesaid.
Procedure when registration number unknown or general search
71
The registrar shall, upon a request for the purpose made on Designs Form 21, accompanied by a representation or specimen (in duplicate) of the design applied to an article, cause such search as may be reasonably practicable to be made among registered designs and state whether the design as applied to that article appears to be identical with, or closely to resemble, any registered design applied to that or any other article, and shall furnish such information as can properly be given.
CERTIFICATES AND COPIES SUPPLIED BY REGISTRAR
Certificates supplied by registrar
72
Upon request made on Designs Form 23 and payment of the appropriate fee —
a
the registrar shall supply a certified copy of an entry in the register or a certified extract from the register; and
b
the registrar may supply —
i
a certified copy of any representation, specimen or document kept in the Patent Office or a certified extract from any such document; or
ii
a certificate for the purposes of section 17(9).
Copies supplied by registrar
73
Upon request and payment of the appropriate fee —
a
the registrar shall supply an uncertified copy of an entry in the register or an uncertified extract from the register; and
b
the registrar may supply an uncertified copy of any representation or document kept in the Patent Office or an uncertified extract from any such document.
HOURS OF BUSINESS AND EXCLUDED DAYS
Hours of business
74
The Patent Office shall be deemed to be closed at the following hours for the transaction of business of the classes specified —
a
on weekdays, other than Saturdays, at midnight for the filing of applications, forms and other documents, and at four p.m. for all other business,
b
on Saturdays, at one p.m. for the filing of new applications for the registration of designs which are not convention applications.
Excluded days
75
1
The following shall be excluded days for all purposes under the Act:
a
all Sundays;
b
Good Friday and Christmas Day;
c
any day specified as or proclaimed to be a bank holiday in England in or under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 ;
d
any Saturday immediately preceded by a day falling within sub-paragraph (b) or (c) above.
2
Saturdays not falling within paragraph (1) above shall be excluded days for all purposes except the filing of new applications for the registration of designs which are not convention applications.
Calculation of times or periods
76
1
Where, on any day, there is —
a
a general interruption or subsequent dislocation in the postal services of the United Kingdom, or
b
an event or circumstances causing an interruption in the normal operation of the Patent Office,
the registrar may certify the day as being one on which there is an “interruption” and, where any period of time specified in the Act or these Rules for the giving, making or filing of any notice, application or other document expires on a day so certified the period shall be extended to the first day next following (not being an excluded day) which is not so certified.
2
Any certificate of the registrar given pursuant to this rule shall be posted in the Patent Office.
3
Where in connection with an application for the registration of a design the period of time referred to in rule 34(1)(b) above or the period of six months after the opening of an exhibition referred to in section 6(2) ends on a day which is certified by the registrar for the purposes of paragaph (1) above or which is an excluded day for the purposes of section 39, the application shall be treated as having been made within the relevant period if it is made on the first following day which is neither so certified nor an excluded day.
4
If in any particular case the registrar is satisfied that the failure to give, make or file any notice, application or other document within —
a
any period of time specified in the Act or these Rules for such giving, making or filing,
b
the period of six months specified in section 6(2) or 14(1), or
c
the period of time referred to in rule 34(1)(b) above,
was wholly or mainly attributable to a failure or undue delay in the postal services in the United Kingdom, the registrar may, if he thinks fit —
i
in the case of a period of time falling within sub-paragraph (a) above, extend the period so that it ends on the day of the receipt by the addressee of the notice, application or other document (or, if the day of such receipt is an excluded day, on the first following day which is not an excluded day), or
ii
in the case of the said periods of six months or the period of time referred to in rule 34(1)(b) above, determine that the application shall be treated as having been made within the relevant period,
in each case upon such notice to other parties and upon such terms as he may direct.
ORDERS OF THE COURT
Service of application on registrar
77
Where application to the court under section 20 for rectification of the register has been made, the applicant shall forthwith serve an office copy of the application on the registrar, who shall enter a notice of the application in the register.
Filing of order with registrar
78
Where an order has been made by the court in any case under the Act, the person in whose favour such order has been made shall forthwith file an office copy of the order. The register shall if necessary thereupon be rectified by the making of any entry therein or the variation or deletion of any entry therein.
Ian Taylor,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary ofState for Science and Technology,
Department of Trade and Industry
13th November 1995


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jurisdiction: UK

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1
This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1995 (Contractual Savings Schemes) (Appointed Day) Order 1995.
2
The day appointed under paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 12 to the Finance Act 1995 is 31st July 1995.
Derek Conway
Andrew Mackay
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
12th July 1995


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PART I
PRELIMINARY
Title and commencement
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“ the Act ” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“animals” means the following food sources namely —
domestic animals of the following species: bovine animals (including buffalo of the species Bubalus bubalis and Bison bison), swine, sheep, goats and solipeds; and
farmed game;
“carcase” means —
in relation to bovine animals, sheep, goats, solipeds and farmed game, the whole body of a slaughtered animal after bleeding, evisceration, removal of the limbs at the carpus and tarsus, removal of the head, tail and udder and flaying; and
in relation to swine, the whole body of a slaughtered animal after bleeding and evisceration, whether or not the limbs at the carpus and tarsus and the head have been removed;
“cold store” means any premises, not forming part of a slaughterhouse, cutting premises, a farmed game processing facility or a farmed game handling facility, used for the storage under temperature controlled conditions of fresh meat intended for sale for human consumption;
“contravention”, in relation to any provision of these Regulations, includes a failure to comply with that provision, and “contravenes” has a corresponding meaning;
“country of destination” means the relevant EEA State to which fresh meat is sent from another relevant EEA State;
“cutting premises” means premises used for the purpose of cutting up fresh meat intended for sale for human consumption;
“cutting up” means —
cutting fresh meat into smaller than half carcases cut into three wholesale cuts; or
removing bones from fresh meat;
“disinfect” means to apply hygienically satisfactory chemical or physical agents or processes with the intention of eliminating micro-organisms;
“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992, as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;
“EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement but, until the EEA Agreement comes into force in relation to Leichtenstein, does not include the state of Liechtenstein;
“examine in detail” means to examine by making multiple deep incisions into lymph nodes;
“farmed game ” means wild land mammals which are reared and slaughtered in captivity, excluding —
“mammals of the family Leporidae; and”
wild land mammals living within an enclosed territory under conditions of freedom similar to those enjoyed by wild game;
“farmed game handling facility” means any building, premises or place, other than a slaughterhouse, used for the purpose of slaughtering farmed game the flesh of which is intended for sale for human consumption;
“farmed game meat” means meat obtained from farmed game;
“farmed game processing facility” means premises, other than a slaughterhouse, used for the purpose of dressing farmed game the flesh of which is intended for sale for human consumption;
“final consumer” means a person who buys fresh meat —
otherwise than for the purpose of resale;
for direct transport to, and consumption on, premises either in his ownership or under his personal supervision or in the ownership or under the personal supervision of a person employed by him; or
for cooking on premises either in his ownership or under his personal supervision or in the ownership or under the personal supervision of a person employed by him for sale as take-away food for consumption off those premises;
“fresh”, as applied to meat, means all meat, including chilled or frozen meat, which has not undergone any preserving process and includes meat vacuum wrapped or wrapped in a controlled atmosphere;
“health mark” means a mark of a kind set out in Schedule 12 and applied in accordance with regulation 11 and that Schedule;
“the Humane Conditions Regulations ” means the Slaughter of Animals (Humane Conditions) Regulations 1990 and the Slaughter of Animals (Humane Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1990 ;
“inspector” means a person appointed in accordance with regulation 8(2);
“lairage” means any part of a slaughterhouse used for the confinement of animals awaiting slaughter there;
“licensed”, in relation to any slaughterhouse, cold store, cutting premises, farmed game handling facility or farmed game processing facility, means licensed under regulation 4, and “licence” has a corresponding meaning;
“livestock unit” means 1 bovine animal or soliped, 3 swine or deer or 7 sheep or goats;
“low throughput” —
“in relation to a farmed game processing facility,” means a throughput of animals whose meat is intended for sale for human consumption of not more than 3,000 farmed deer or farmed wild boar carcases each year at a rate not exceeding 60 each week;
“in relation to a slaughterhouse,” means a throughput of animals whose meat is intended for sale for human consumption of not more than 1,000 livestock units each year at a rate not exceeding 20 each week; and
“in relation to cutting premises,” means a production of not more than 5 tonnes of fresh meat intended for sale for human consumption each week;
“manure pit” means a pit which is used to collect or contain dry sheep manure and which is situated beneath a self-“cleaning” open mesh or grating-type floor in a sheep lairage;
“meat” means all parts of animals which are suitable for human consumption;
“mechanically recovered meat” means finely comminuted meat obtained by mechanical means from flesh-bearing bones apart from —
“the bones of head; and”
the extremities of the limbs below the carpal and tarsal joints and, in the case of swine, the coccygeal vertebrae,
and intended for establishments approved in accordance with Articles 8 or 9 of Council Directive 77/99/ EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products, as amended, and includes mechanically separated meat;
“occupier” means a person carrying on the business of a slaughterhouse, cutting premises or a cold store (either together or separately) or a farmed game processing or farmed game handling facility, or the duly authorised representative of such a person;
“offal” means fresh meat other than that of the carcase, whether or not naturally connected to the carcase;
“ OVS ” means official veterinary surgeon, being a veterinary surgeon designated by the Minister under regulation 8;
“OVS room” means a room or rooms, suitable, sufficiently large and adequately equipped, capable of being securely locked and under the control of an OVS, for the exclusive use of the OVS and inspector;
“OVS” facilities" means suitable and sufficient facilities under the control of the OVS and inspector;
“packaging”, in relation to fresh meat, means placing wrapped fresh meat into a receptacle and “package” shall be construed accordingly;
“premises” means any slaughterhouse, cutting premises, cold store, farmed game handling facility or farmed game processing facility;
“relevant EEA State” means an EEA State other than Iceland;
“slaughterhall” means that part of a slaughterhouse in which animals are slaughtered or the bodies of slaughtered animals are dressed;
“slaughterhouse” means any building, premises or place (other than a farmed game handling facility) for slaughtering animals the flesh of which is intended for sale for human consumption, and includes any place available in connection therewith for the confinement of animals while awaiting slaughter there;
“third country” means a country which is not a relevant EEA State;
“veterinary officer” means a veterinary officer of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
“viscera” means offal from the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities, including the trachea and oesophagus;
“wild game”, “wild game meat” and “large wild game” shall have the meanings ascribed to them by Article 2(1) of Council Directive 92/45/EEC on public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild game meat;
“wrapping”, in relation to the protection of fresh meat, means placing in material which comes into direct contact with such meat, as well as the material itself.
2
Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.
3
Nothing in these Regulations shall be construed as derogating from the provisions of the Animal Health Act 1981 or of any order under that Act.
Exemptions and saving for existing licences
3
1
These Regulations shall not apply —
a
to premises where fresh meat —
i
is used exclusively for the production for sale of meat products, meat preparations, minced meat or mechanically recovered meat;
ii
is cut up or stored for sale from those premises to the final consumer; or
iii
is used exclusively for carcase competitions;
b
to a cold store which handles only fresh meat which is packaged;
c
to fresh meat intended for exhibition, special studies or analysis provided that such meat is not used for human consumption and, except in the case of such meat used for analysis, it is destroyed after such exhibition or special study, as the case may be;
d
to fresh meat intended exclusively for sale to international organisations;
e
to fresh meat intended for uses other than human consumption; or
f
to any person engaged in any activity described in this regulation, or to any vehicle used for the purpose of any such activity.
2
Subject to regulation 5, nothing in these Regulations affects the validity of a licence issued under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1992 .
PART II
LICENSING OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES, CUTTING PREMISES, COLD STORES, FARMED GAME HANDLING FACILITIES AND FARMED GAME PROCESSING FACILITIES
Issue of licences
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1
No person shall use any premises as a slaughterhouse, cutting premises, a cold store, a farmed game handling facility or a farmed game processing facility unless those premises are licensed by the Minister.
2
Subject to paragraph (10) below, the Minister on an application made to him under this regulation —
a
shall license the premises to which the application relates —
i
as a slaughterhouse if he is satisfied that the premises comply with the requirements of Schedules 1 and 2 or as a low throughput slaughterhouse if it was in operation on or before 31st December 1991 and he is satisfied that it complies with the requirements of Schedule 5, and (in either case) if he is satisfied that the method of operation in those premises complies with the requirements of Schedules 7 to 10 and that there is no significant risk either that facilities for inspection under Schedule 10 will be denied or that any fresh meat or blood rejected under that Schedule will be used for human consumption;
ii
as cutting premises if he is satisfied that the premises comply with the requirements of Schedules 1 and 3 or as low throughput cutting premises if he is satisfied that they comply with the requirements of Part I of Schedule 5, and (in either case) if he is satisfied that the method of operation in those premises complies with the requirements of Part I of Schedule 7 and Schedule 11;
iii
as a cold store if he is satisfied that the premises comply with the requirements of Schedules 1 and 4 and that the method of operation in those premises complies with the requirements of Part I of Schedule 7 and Schedule 14 or as a cold store storing frozen meat if he is satisfied that it complies with Schedule 15;
iv
as a farmed game handling facility if he is satisfied that the premises and the method of operation in those premises comply with the requirements of Part I of Schedule 6 and paragraphs 3 to 5 of Schedule 8;
v
as a farmed game processing facility if he is satisfied that the premises and the method of operation in those premises comply with the requirements of Part II of Schedule 6 or as a low throughput farmed game processing facility if it was in operation before 31st December 1991 and he is satisfied that it complies with the requirements of Part III of Schedule 6, and (in either case) if he is satisfied that the method of operation in those premises complies with the requirements of Schedules 7, 9 and 10 and that there is no significant risk either that facilities for inspection under Schedule 10 will be denied or that any farmed game meat or blood rejected under that Schedule will be used for human consumption; and
b
shall refuse so to license those premises if he is not so satisfied.
3
Each application for a licence under this regulation shall be made in writing to the Minister by the owner or occupier of, or a person proposing to occupy, the premises to which the application relates.
4
The Minister shall notify the applicant in writing of his decision on the application.
5
If he refuses a licence, he shall notify the applicant in writing of his reasons for refusal.
6
A licence in respect of any premises shall be subject to the condition that, save in accordance with regulation 10 or 15, no significant alteration shall be made
a
to the premises or the equipment in the premises otherwise than by way of repairs and maintenance; or
b
to the method of operation in the premises,
without the Minister’s prior agreement in writing.
7
In granting a licence in respect of any premises the Minister may make it subject to conditions as to the species of animal which may be slaughtered or processed there.
8
In granting a licence in respect of low throughput premises the Minister may make it subject to conditions —
a
as to the maximum limits to throughput;
b
as to the persons to whom meat from the premises may be sold or supplied.
9
In granting a licence in respect of a cold store the Minister may make it subject to the condition that fresh meat shall be stored only in one or more specified storage chambers or that the cold store shall store only fresh meat which is packaged.
10
Where the Minister has granted any premises a temporary derogation in accordance with Council Directive 91/498/EEC in respect of one or more of the requirements specified in Schedules 1 to 6, those requirements shall not apply to the premises until 1st January 1996 or until any such earlier date as the Minister may specify.
11
A slaughterhouse or farmed game processing facility first in operation after 31st December 1991 shall not be licensed as low throughput premises unless it has been approved in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16 of Council Directive 64/433/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat, as amended and consolidated by Council Directive 91/497/EEC .
12
Where the Minister —
a
has refused a licence; or
b
has granted a licence subject to a condition,
his notification under paragraph (4) above shall state the right of appeal under regulation 6 and the time allowed for appealing.
Revocation of licences
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1
The Minister may revoke a licence granted by him in respect of any premises and, where appropriate, require the withdrawal of the equipment for application of the health mark if, after an inspection of, or any inquiry into, the operation or structure of the premises and a report by an OVS or veterinary officer, he is satisfied that —
a
the conditions of hygiene at those premises are inadequate and the occupier has failed to take the necessary measures to make good the shortcomings within such period as the Minister may specify;
b
any requirement of these Regulations as to hygiene has not been complied with and inadequate or no action has been taken to ensure that a similar breach does not occur in future;
c
any condition attached to the licence in accordance with regulation 4(6), (7), (8) or (9) has not been complied with;
d
the premises no longer fall within these Regulations —
i
because the business carried on at the premises has ceased to be or include the slaughter of animals or the handling or storing of fresh meat; or
ii
because they have become exempt under regulation 3; or
e
any of the requirements specified by the Minister in a temporary derogation in accordance with Council Directive 91/498/EEC has not been complied with.
2
The Minister shall give the occupier of the premises notice in writing —
a
of his decision to revoke the licence;
b
of the date on which the revocation is to take effect;
c
of the reasons for revocation;
d
of his right to appeal under regulation 6; and
e
of the time allowed for appealing.
3
In paragraph (2) above “occupier”, in relation to a proposed revocation by virtue of paragraph (1)(d)(i) above, where the premises are vacant, means the last person known to the Minister to have carried on at the premises business for which the licence was granted or his successor in respect of that business.
Appeals
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1
Where the Minister —
a
has refused to license any premises; or
b
has granted a licence subject to conditions; or
c
has revoked the licence of any premises,
the owner or occupier of, or a person proposing to occupy the premises may, within 28 days of being notified of the Minister’s decision in accordance with regulation 4(4) or 5(2), appeal to a Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal.
2
The provisions of Schedule 21 shall apply in respect of the constitution, appointment of members, remuneration of members and staffing of a Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal.
3
Where on an appeal under paragraph (1) above a Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal determines that the grant of a licence should not have been refused, that unreasonable conditions have been attached to the grant of a licence or that a licence should not have been revoked, the Minister shall give effect to the determination of the Tribunal.
4
Without prejudice to sections 9 to 13 of the Act, where the Minister has exercised any of his powers under paragraph (1) above, a person who, immediately before the exercise of that power, has been using the premises in question for a purpose not allowed because of its exercise may continue to use them for that purpose, subject to any reasonable conditions imposed by the Minister for the protection of public health, until the time for appealing has expired and, if an appeal is lodged, until the appeal is finally disposed of or abandoned.
Animals not intended for sale for human consumption
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1
A person may use any slaughterhouse or farmed game handling facility, or cause any such premises so to be used, for the slaughter of an animal the meat derived from which is not intended for sale for human consumption if —
a
one of the emergency slaughter conditions is satisfied; or
b
neither of the emergency slaughter conditions is satisfied but the private kill condition is satisfied.
2
The emergency slaughter conditions are —
a
that the animal has incurred an injury whilst in transit necessitating its slaughter;
b
that the animal is slaughtered by reason of the provisions of regulation 21 or, in Scotland, 11 of the Humane Conditions Regulations (animal in pain etc ).
3
The private kill condition is that it is not intended that meat derived from the animal shall be sold for human consumption.
4
No person shall use any slaughterhouse or farmed game handling facility, or cause any such premises so to be used, for the slaughter of any animal whose meat is not intended for sale for human consumption unless the case falls within paragraph (1) above.
5
An animal whose meat is not intended for sale for human consumption may only be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse or farmed game handling facility if it is slaughtered in a different room or at a different time from any animal whose meat is intended for sale for human consumption.
6
The operator must take appropriate steps to prevent contamination of fresh meat in a slaughterhouse or farmed game handling facility in consequence of the slaughter there of an animal whose meat is not intended for sale for human consumption.
7
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (6) above, the slaugtherhall must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after such an animal has been slaughtered in it.
8
Meat from an animal falling within paragraph (1)(b) above must be stored separately from meat intended for sale for human consumption.
9
The carcase of an animal falling within paragraph (1)(b) above many only be dressed in a slaughterhouse if the animal was slaughtered there.
10
Such a carcase must be dressed in a different room or at a different time from carcases of animals whose meat is intended for sale for human consumption.
11
The operator must take appropriate steps to prevent contamination of carcases of animals whose meat is intended for sale for human consumption in consequence of the dressing.
12
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (11) above, the slaughterhall must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after the dressing.
PART III
SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF PREMISES
Supervision of premises
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1
The Minister may designate veterinary surgeons as OVSs and shall, in relation to any premises, appoint one or more OVSs, in each case to be an authorised officer of the Minister authorised to act in relation to the examination and seizure of meat, to provide the health certification of fresh meat and to be responsible for the following functions in relation to those premises —
a
the ante-mortem health inspection of animals in accordance with Schedule 8;
b
the post-mortem health inspection of slaughtered animals in accordance with Schedule 10;
c
where appropriate, the examination of the fresh meat of swine and horses for trichinellosis in accordance with paragraphs 12 and 13 of Part IX of Schedule 10;
d
the health marking of fresh meat in accordance with Schedule 12; and
e
securing the observance of the requirements of Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 17.
2
The Minister shall, in relation to any premises, appoint such number of other persons to act as inspectors in relation to the functions specified in paragraph (1) above as are necessary for the proper performance of those functions.
3
The Minister may not appoint any person to be an inspector unless that person is —
a
a registered medical practitioner;
b
a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons;
c
the holder of a qualification specified in paragraph 3 of the Schedule to the Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) Regulations 1987 ; or
d
the holder of a certificate or other qualification in fresh meat inspection obtained in the United Kingdom or another relevant EEA State which the Minister has confirmed in writing as adequate for appointment as an inspector under these Regulations.
4
An inspector shall act under the supervision and responsibility of an OVS and, in relation to the function specified in paragraph (1)(a) above, shall only make an initial check on animals and assist with purely practical tasks.
Revocation and suspension of designations of OVSs
9
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the Minister may, at any time, revoke or suspend the designation of any person as an OVS if it appears to the Minister that the person in question is unfit to perform one or more of the functions of an OVS under these Regulations.
2
Where the Minister revokes or suspends a designation under paragraph (1) above, he shall, as soon as possible, give to the person whose designation has been revoked or suspended a notice in writing of the reasons for the revocation or suspension and shall afford him an opportunity of making representations in writing to the Minister with regard to the revocation or suspension or of being heard by a person appointed for the purpose by the Minister.
3
A notice given under paragraph (2) above shall inform the person to whom it is given —
a
of his right to make representations in writing;
b
of the manner in which and the time (not being less than 21 days from the giving of the notice) within which such representations may be made;
c
of his right to be heard; and
d
of the manner in which and the time (not being less than 21 days from the giving of the notice) within which he may apply for an opportunity to be heard.
4
In the event of the designated person making any representations (whether orally or in writing) under paragraph (3) above the Minister shall reconsider whether that person is unfit to perform one or more of the functions of an OVS under these Regulations and shall reconsider, as soon as practicable, his decision to revoke or suspend the designation under paragraph (1) above in the light of those representations.
Powers of OVSs and veterinary officers
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1
Where it appears to an OVS that in respect of any premises —
a
any of the requirements of these Regulations as to hygiene is being breached; or
b
adequate health inspection in accordance with these Regulations is being hampered,
he may, by notice in writing given to the occupier of the premises —
i
prohibit the use of any equipment or any part of the premises specified in the notice; or
ii
require the rate of operation to be reduced to such an extent as is specified in the notice,
and the occupier shall comply with the notice.
2
A notice given under paragraph (1) above shall be given as soon as practicable and shall state why it is given.
3
If it is given under paragraph (1)(a) above, it shall specify the breach and the action needed to remedy it.
4
Such a notice shall be withdrawn by a further notice in writing given to the occupier of the premises as soon as an OVS is satisfied that such action has been taken.
5
So long as such a notice is in effect, the licence in respect of the premises shall be treated as being altered by the addition of the requirements specified in the notice and the other provisions of the licence shall be subject to those requirements.
6
Subject to paragraph (8) below, an OVS, or a veterinary officer may subject any animal or any carcase or meat in any premises to such examinations (including the taking and analysis of samples) as he may reasonably consider to be necessary for the protection of public health.
7
Subject to paragraph (8) below, an OVS, veterinary officer or inspector may, by notice in writing given to the occupier of any such premises, state that he requires to examine an animal, carcase or meat specified in the notice on the premises.
8
The powers conferred by paragraphs (6) and (7) above are not exercisable in relation to any animal, carcase or meat not intended for sale for human consumption.
9
Once a notice under paragraph (7) is received, the occupier shall detain the animal, carcase or meat until such time as he is informed in writing by the OVS or veterinary officer (as the case may be) that the result of the examination has been obtained.
10
A veterinary officer may at any time give to an OVS such reasonable directions as he may consider necessary so as to ensure that the OVS performs his functions under these Regulations, and the OVS shall comply with any such directions.
11
A person who is aggrieved by a decision of an OVS pursuant to paragraph (1) above may appeal to a magistrates' court or, in Scotland, to the sheriff.
12
Section 37(3) to (6) of the Act shall have effect in relation to an appeal under this regulation as they have effect in relation to an appeal under that section but with the omission
a
of the references to appeals for which provision is made by regulations under section 37(2); and
b
of subsection (5)(b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it.
Inspection and health marking
11
1
The Minister shall arrange for
a
ante-mortem health inspections and post-mortem health inspections to be carried out at every slaughterhouse in accordance with Schedules 8 and 10 respectively; and
b
post-mortem health inspections to be carried out at every farmed game processing facility in accordance with Schedule 10.
2
Where fresh meat intended for sale for human consumption —
a
has been passed fit for human consumption following ante- and post-mortem health inspections: and
b
complies with the requirements of these Regulations,
it shall be marked in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 12.
3
No other meat shall be so marked.
4
No person shall remove, or cause or permit to be removed, from a slaughterhouse or a farmed game processing facility any blood or any carcase or part of a carcase or any offal intended for sale for human consumption or any offal from a slaughtered animal intended for sale for human consumption until it has been inspected in accordance with these Regulations.
5
The health mark shall be applied by persons acting under the responsibility of an OVS, and no other person shall apply the health mark or possess or use the equipment for applying the health mark.
6
The equipment for applying the health mark and any labels on which the health mark is printed shall be kept under the responsibility of the OVS.
7
No person shall use any mark so resembling a health mark, or in such a way, as to be likely to suggest that the product has been produced in accordance with these Regulations.
Notice of operation of licensed premises
12
1
Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, no person shall operate any licensed premises to produce fresh meat for sale for human consumption unless he has notified the Minister, in accordance with paragraph (2) below, of the day on which and the time and place at which they are to be operated.
2
The notification referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be given to the Minister —
a
if the operation is to be the slaughter of farmed game, not less than 72 hours before the time of slaughter;
b
if the operation is to be any other description of slaughter, not less than 24 hours before that time; and
c
for any other kind of operation, not less than 24 hours before its commencement,
unless the Minister has agreed with the person required to give the notice that he will accept notice of a shorter duration, in which case the notice shall be of the agreed duration.
3
Where it is the regular practice in any licensed premises to operate at fixed times on fixed days and written notice of this practice has been given to and accepted by the Minister, this shall, as respects any operation in accordance with such practice, be regarded as adequate compliance with paragraph (1) above;
4
Paragraph (1) above does not apply to the slaughter of an animal where by reason of injury or by reason of the provisions of regulation 21 or, in Scotland, 11 of the Humane Conditions Regulations it is necessary that it should be slaughtered without delay.
5
In that case the person who but for paragraph (4) above would have been required to give a notice under paragraph (1) above must inform the Minister of the circumstances.
6
The information must be given as soon as reasonably possible.
7
It may be given after the animal has been slaughtered if it is not reasonably possible to give it before.
PART IV
CONDITIONS FOR THE MARKETING OF FRESH MEAT
General conditions
13
1
No person shall sell fresh meat for human consumption unless —
a
it has been obtained from licensed premises;
b
it comes from an animal which has been subjected to an ante-mortem health inspection in accordance with these Regulations, which, following such inspection, has been passed as fit for slaughter for human consumption and, where appropriate, is accompanied by a certificate in the form set out at Schedule 20;
c
it has been prepared under hygienic conditions in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 7;
d
it comes from the body of an animal which has been subjected to a post-mortem health inspection in accordance with Schedule 10 and which has shown no evidence of disease or other abnormal condition, except for traumatic lesions incurred shortly before slaughter or localised malformations or pathological changes, and it is established that these do not render unfit for human consumption those parts of the carcase or offal not affected by such lesions, malformations or changes;
e
it has been given a health mark in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 12;
f
it is accompanied during transportation by a commercial document or by a health certificate in accordance with regulation 14;
g
if it has been stored in a cold store, it has been stored in accordance with Schedule 14;
h
if it is wrapped or packaged, it has been wrapped or packaged under hygienic conditions in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 13;
i
if it is frozen, it has been frozen in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 15;
j
if it has been transported between licensed premises, it has been transported under hygienic conditions in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 17; and
k
if it is mechanically recovered meat, it has been handled in accordance with Council Directive 77/99/EEC .
2
No person shall sell for human consumption —
a
without prejudice to paragraph 6 of Schedule 12, fresh meat which has been treated with natural or artificial colouring matters;
b
fresh meat which has been treated with ionising or ultra-violet radiation;
c
fresh meat from male swine used for breeding or cryptorchid or hermaphrodite swine unless such meat has undergone one of the treatments specified in Council Directive 77/99/EEC and such meat bears a special mark in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 1 of Schedule 12;
d
fresh meat from uncastrated male swine of a carcase weight (excluding the limbs at the carpus and tarsus and the head) exceeding 80 kg unless
i
an inspector has tested it for pronounced sexual odours and declared it not to have such odours; or
ii
without prejudice to the requirement in paragraph 1(1) of Part IX of Schedule 10 for boar meat with pronounced sexual odours to be declared unfit where an inspector has detected such meat to have pronounced sexual odours, it has undergone one of the treatments specified in Council Directive 77/99/EEC and bears a special mark in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 1 of Schedule 12; or
e
fresh meat from animals to which tenderisers have been administered.
3
Subject to paragraph (4) below, no person shall consign or sell for consignment to a relevant EEA State for human consumption —
a
fresh meat obtained form the body of an animal referred to in regulation 18(2);
b
fresh meat produced, cut up or stored in premises to which the Minister has granted a temporary derogation, while that derogation is in force;
c
fresh meat produced in a low throughput slaughterhouse or in a low throughput farmed game processing facility; or
d
fresh meat cut up in any low throughput cutting premises.
4
Paragraph (3) above shall not apply to meat —
a
forming part of a traveller’s luggage and not intended for resale; or
b
meat sent as smaller packages to private persons.
5
Paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall not apply to fresh meat imported from a relevant EEA State or a third country, but fresh meat so imported shall be handled and transported in accordance with these Regulations.
6
Paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall not apply to fresh meat which was obtained, cut up or stored prior to 1st January 1993 provided it is handled in accordance with these Regulations and, except in the case of fresh meat obtained, cut up or stored in premises which, immediately before 1st January 1993, were approved under regulation 4 of the Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1987 , it is not consigned or sold for consignment to a relevant EEA State.
7
Without prejudice to regulation 23 of the Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations 1966 (transport of meat), paragraph (l)(j) above shall not apply in relation to the transportation of any fresh meat from any licensed premises on sale direct to the final consumer to a retailer in Greater Britain.
Transport documentation
14
1
Subject to paragraph (2) below, the occupier of licensed premises shall ensure that fresh meat is accompanied during transportation from the premises —
a
by an invoice or delivery note containing the following information —
i
the name and address of the consignor and the consignee;
ii
the approval number of the premises from which the meat is to be transported;
iii
the date of issue of the document and a number enabling it to be identified;
iv
a description of the product transported; and
v
the total quality despatched; and
b
in the case of fresh meat intended for consignment to a relevant EEA State which
i
is obtained from a slaughterhouse situated in a region or area subject to a prohibition or restriction under the Animal Health Act 1981; or
ii
will be transported through a third country in a sealed vehicle, by the health certificate referred to in Schedule 16.
2
Paragraph (1) above shall not apply where the fresh meat is being transported from licensed premises direct to the final consumer or to a retailer in Great Britain.
3
Any person other than those referred to in paragraph (2) above who receives fresh meat direct from any licensed premises shall keep the invoice or delivery note for a period of at least one year from the date of receipt.
PART V
ADMISSION TO AND DETENTION IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND FARMED GAME PROCESSING FACILITIES OF ANIMALS AND CARCASSES
Alternative accommodation for certain animals
15
1
An OVS or an inspector acting under the supervision of an OVS may require the accommodation or alternative methods of operation and facilities referred to in paragraph 1(d) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 1(n) of Part II of Schedule 5 to be used for —
a
the slaughtering and dressing of any animal which is brought into a slaughter-house and which is known to be, or suspected of being, diseased or injured;
b
the dressing of any slaughtered and bled animal which is brought into a slaughter-house in accordance with regulation 18.
2
So long as any requirement to use alternative accommodation in such circumstances, or to prohibit the entry of a dirty animal in the circumstances set out in paragraph (3) below, is in effect, the licence in respect of the premises shall be treated as being altered by the addition of that requirement, and the other provisions of the licence shall be subject to that requirement.
3
An inspector or OVS —
a
may require the detention in a lairage, or prohibit the slaughter, of any animal which in his opinion is so dirty as to be likely to prevent hygienic dressing operations if it is taken into the slaughterhall at that slaughterhouse; and
b
may require the occupier of the slaughter-house to clean the animal before presenting it to an OVS for an ante-mortem inspection.
4
In the case of a slaughtered and bled animal which is brought into a slaughterhouse or farmed game processing facility in accordance with regulation 18 or paragraph (1)(g) of Part I of Schedule 6, an inspector or OVS may give notice that in his opinion any such animal is so dirty as to be likely to prevent hygienic dressing operations if it is taken into the slaughterhall at that slaughterhouse or the dressing room at that farmed game processing facility, and if such notice is given the occupier of the premises shall not take the animal in.
Period of time for keeping an animal in a lairage and removal of an animal from a slaughterhouse
16
1
No person shall keep or permit to be kept in any lairage for a period exceeding 72 hours any animal intended for slaughter unless —
a
the OVS gives his consent to it being kept in a lairage for a period exceeding 72 hours, which consent shall only be given in exceptional circumstances; and
b
it is isolated from animals in respect of which no such consent has been given.
2
In this regulation “lairage” means any covered part of a slaughterhouse used for the confinement of animals awaiting slaughter there, but does not include any field, pasture or other open lairage forming part of any slaughterhouse or otherwise.
3
No person shall, unless directed by an OVS or a veterinary officer, remove from a slaughterhouse an animal intended for slaughter if it is intended that meat from it shall be sold for human consumption.
Conditions on the admission of diseased or injured animals
17
1
No person shall send an animal which he knows or suspects to be diseased or injured to a slaughterhouse unless he has given the occupier of the slaughterhouse reasonable notice of his intention to send it.
2
No person shall bring into, or permit to be brought into, a slaughterhouse any animal which he knows or suspects to be diseased or injured unless
a
he has already ensured that it is accompanied by a written declaration signed by the owner or person in charge of it containing the information specified in Schedule 18; and
b
that declaration is handed to an inspector or an OVS as soon as is practical after the animal’s arrival at the slaughterhouse.
3
The occupier of the slaughterhouse shall ensure that on arrival at the slaughterhouse the animal —
a
is slaughtered without delay following ante-mortem inspection; or
b
is taken without delay under the direction of an inspector or the OVS to that part of the lairage provided for the isolation of diseased or injured animals.
Conditions on the admission of dead or slaughtered animals
18
1
No person shall bring into, or permit to be brought into or to remain in, a slaughterhouse the body of an animal which has died unless —
a
it died in transit to the slaughterhouse; and
b
it is removed from the slaughterhouse immediately following the carrying out of any necessary examination performed under the Animal Health Act 1981.
2
No person shall bring into, or permit to be brought into, a slaughterhouse the slaughtered body of an animal, unless
a
it has been bled;
b
the animal has undergone an ante-mortem inspection by a veterinary surgeon;
c
the animal has been slaughtered as a result of an accident or because it was suffering from a serious physiological or functional disorder;
d
the body of the animal has not been dressed;
e
the body of the animal is accompanied to the slaughterhouse by a certificate in the form set out in Schedule 19; and
f
the body of the animal is transported to the slaughterhouse in a container or vehicle under hygienic conditions and, if it cannot be delivered to the slaughterhouse within one hour of slaughter, it is transported there in a container or vehicle under hygienic conditions in which the ambient temperature is between 0°C and 4°C.
3
Paragraph (2) above does not apply to the slaughtered and bled body of farmed game if it comes from a farmed game handling facility and the occupier of the facility has performed in relation to the body the duty imposed on him by Part I of Schedule 6.
4
Paragraphs 3 to 5 of Schedule 8 apply to an ante-mortem inspection under paragraph (2)(b) above.
5
On arrival at the slaughterhouse the certificate which paragraph (2)(e) above requires to accompany the body of the animal to the slaughterhouse must be given to an inspector or OVS.
PART VI
ADMINISTRATION, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
Records of Inspections
19
1
The Minister shall keep in respect of individual licensed premises, where appropriate, a record, for the purpose of compliance with the provisions of Council Directive 91/497/EEC , of the results of —
a
ante-mortem health inspections; and
b
post-mortem health inspections.
2
The Minister shall retain the record of such an inspection until the end of the period of one year commencing with the date of the inspection to which it relates.
Duties of occupier
20
1
The occupier of any licensed premises —
a
shall keep a record adequate to show the number of animals received into, and the amounts of fresh meat despatched from, the premises during each week;
b
shall take all practicable steps to secure compliance by any person employed by him or by any person invited on to the premises with the provisions of these Regulations;
c
shall ensure that an OVS, inspector or veterinary officer is provided with adequate facilities so as to enable him to carry out his duties under these Regulations and that he is given such reasonable assistance and access to records as he may from time to time require for that purpose;
d
shall take all necessary measures to ensure that, at all stages of production, the requirements of these Regulations are complied with and carry out checks (including any microbiological checks the Minister may require) on the general hygiene of conditions of production in his establishment to ensure that equipment and, if necessary, fresh meat, comply with the requirements of these Regulations;
e
shall keep in permanent form a record of the results of those checks and make it available to the OVS or inspector upon request;
f
shall keep in permanent form a record of the results of water testings on the premises and make it available to the OVS for inspection upon request;
g
shall ensure that the health mark is properly applied as provided for in regulation 11 above, and that any labels on which the health mark is printed are used properly;
h
shall ensure that the OVS or inspector is notified immediately when any information at the occupier’s disposal reveals a serious health risk; and
i
shall, in the event of a serious risk, ensure that fresh meat is withdrawn if it has been obtained under or stored in conditions similar to those which produced the risk and is itself likely to present the same risk.
2
The occupier shall retain records required to be kept under this regulation until the end of the period of one year from the date of the check.
3
The occupier of licensed premises shall arrange or establish in consultation with the OVS a staff training programme to train staff to comply with hygiene requirements appropriate to the operations that they perform on those premises.
Offences and penalties
21
1
If any person contravenes —
a
regulation 10(1); or
b
regulation 12(1),
he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
2
If any person contravenes —
a
any other provision of these Regulations; or
b
a condition imposed by the Minister under regulation 6(4),
he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable —
i
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
ii
on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.
3
Neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) above applies to anything done or omitted by the Minister.
4
No prosecution for an offence under any of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2) above shall be begun after the expiry —
a
three years from the commission of the offence; or
b
one year from its discovery by the prosecutor,
whichever is the earlier.
Application of various sections of the Act
22
The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as they apply for the purposes of section 8, 14 and 15 of the Act and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in them to the Act shall be construed as a reference to the Regulations —
section 2 (extended meaning of “sale” etc. );
section 3 (presumption that food is intended for sale for human consumption);
section 20 (offences due to fault of other person);
section 21 (defence of due diligence);
section 33 (obstruction, etc. of officers);
section 36 (offences by bodies corporate) subject to the modification that a reference to a body corporate includes a Scottish partnership and a reference to a director includes a partner in Scottish partnership; and
section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith)
Enforcement
23
These Regulations shall be enforced and executed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and by the Secretary of State in relation to Scotland and Wales.
PART VII
MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
Fresh meat from Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands
24
1
No person shall sell for human consumption fresh meat produced in a place to which this regulation applies and intended for consignment to a relevant EEA State, unless it was produced at premises in that place which, if these Regulations had effect in that place, would qualify for a licence under regulation 4 and be entitled to apply the health mark described in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12.
2
No person shall sell for human consumption in Great Britain fresh meat produced in a place to which this regulation applies unless it carries a health mark applied in accordance with legislation having effect in that place and correspondence to the provisions of Schedule 12.
3
The places to which this regulations applies are Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Revocations
25
The Regulations specified in Schedule 22 are hereby revoked to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule.
Amendments
26
1
For regulation 4A(a) of the Food Hygiene (Docks, Carriers, etc.) Regulations 1960 , there shall be substituted —
a
the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995;
.
2
For regulation 2(b)(iii) of the Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations 1966 there shall be substituted —
iii
to which the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 apply;
.
3
For regulation 3(2)(b)(ii) of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970 there shall be substituted —
ii
the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995;
.
4
In regulation 3(2)(e) of the Food Premises (Registration) Regulations 1991 , for “1992” there shall be substituted “1995”.
5
In the Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal (Procedure) Regulations 1992 —
a
for paragraph (2) of regulation 1 there shall be substituted the following —
2
Any reference in these Regulations to a Chairman or Secretary shall be a reference to the Chairman or Secretary appointed for the purposes of regulation 6 of, and Schedule 15 to, the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 or regulation 6 of, and Schedule 21 to, the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995,
;
b
for regulation 2 there shall be substituted the following —
2
These Regulations shall have effect for the purpose of proceedings before a Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) relating to the refusal to license any premises, the grant of a licence subject to conditions or the revocation of the licence of any premises under regulation 4 or 5, as the case may be, of the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 or under regulation 4 or 5, as the case may be, of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995.
.
6
In regulation 2(1) of the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994 , in the definition of “final consumer”, for the words “for his own consumption” there shall be substituted the words “otherwise than for resale”.
7
In paragraph (a) of Schedule 2 to the Meat (Hygiene, Inspection and Examination for Residues) (Charges) Regulations 1995 the words “the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1992” shall be replaced by the words “the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995”.
Angela Browning
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
28th February 1995
Cumberlege
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health
24th February 1995
Hector Monroe
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
27th February 1995
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
24th February 1995