PART 3N.I.Amendment and modification of other legislation with regard to sampling and analysis

Amendment or modification of the ActN.I.

17.  Section 77 (division of samples and analysis by agricultural analyst) in so far as it applies in relation to feeding stuffs shall apply as if —

(a)for subsection (1) the following were substituted —

“(1) Where an inspector has taken a sample and prepared and packaged final samples in accordance with Regulation 152/2009 the inspector, in addition to sending a final sample to an agricultural analyst in Northern Ireland in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 8 of Annex I to that Regulation —

(a)shall send one final sample —

(i)where the sample was taken pursuant to the request of a purchaser under section 75 of this Act, to the seller or his agent;

(ii)in any other case, to the person on whose premises the sample was taken, or, if the person on whose premises the sample was taken purchased the material in question for use and not for resale, to the seller or his agent; and

(b)subject to section 78 of this Act, shall retain at least one final sample for nine months.”;

(b)for subsection (2) the following were substituted —

“(2) If the person who manufactured any material of which an inspector has taken a sample as mentioned in subsection (1) is not a person to whom a final sample is required to be sent under that subsection, the inspector shall send a final sample to the manufacturer unless the inspector does not know and is unable after making reasonable inquiries to ascertain before the expiration of fourteen days from the date when the sample was taken —

(a)the manufacturer’s name, or

(b)any address of the manufacturer in the United Kingdom.”;

(c)in subsection (3) —

(i)“final sample” were substituted for “part of a sample”, and

(ii)“in accordance with Regulation 152/2009” were substituted for “in the prescribed manner”; and

(d)in subsection (4) —

(i)“final sample” were substituted in each case for “part of a sample” or “part of the sample” as the case may be,

(ii)“in such manner, if any, as may be prescribed” were omitted,

(iii)“subsection (1)” were substituted for “subsection (1)(a)”, and

(iv)in paragraph (b) “subsection (1)(a)(ii)” were substituted for “subsection (1)(b)(ii)”.