The Animal By-Products (Wales) Regulations 2006

The competent authority

13.—(1) The National Assembly is the competent authority for the purposes of granting approvals under–

(a)Chapter III and Chapter IV of the Community Regulation;

(b)the Annexes to that Regulation;

(c)Commission Regulation (EC) No. 92/2005; and

(d)these Regulations.

(2) It is also the competent authority for–

(a)checking intermediate plants in accordance with Articles 10(2)(d) and 10(3)(d) of the Community Regulation;

(b)checking storage plants in accordance with Article 11(2)(b) of that Regulation;

(c)validating and checking Category 1 and Category 2 processing plants in accordance with Articles 13(2)(c) and 13(2)(e) of that Regulation, supervising Category 1, 2 and 3 processing plants in accordance with Annex V, Chapter IV, paragraph 1 to that Regulation, and validating those plants in accordance with Annex V, Chapter V, paragraph 1 to that Regulation;

(d)authorising the temporary use of a Category 2 processing plant for the processing of Category 1 material in accordance with Annex VI, Chapter 1, paragraph 2 to that Regulation;

(e)checking oloechemical plants in accordance with Article 14(2)(d) of that Regulation and receiving records presented in accordance with Article 14(2)(c) of that Regulation;

(f)checking biogas plants and composting plants in accordance with Article 15(2)(c) of that Regulation;

(g)validating and checking Category 3 processing plants in accordance with Article 17(2)(c) and 17(2)(e) of that Regulation;

(h)authorising the temporary use of a Category 3 processing plant for the processing of Category 1 or Category 2 material in accordance with Annex VII, Chapter 1, paragraph 2 to that Regulation, or the use of a Category 2 processing plant as a collection centre in accordance with Annex IX, paragraph 3 to that Regulation;

(i)receiving records relating to a petfood or technical plant presented in accordance with Article 18(2)(a)(iv) of that Regulation;

(j)recognising laboratories for the purposes of analysing samples from petfood and technical plants in accordance with Article 18(2)(a)(iii) of that Regulation, receiving information under Article 18(2)(a)(v) of that Regulation, and checking petfood plants and technical plants in accordance with Article 18(2)(b) of that Regulation;

(k)supervising reprocessing in accordance with Article 25(2)(c) and (d) of that Regulation;

(l)carrying out inspection and supervision in accordance with Article 26 of that Regulation;

(m)giving instructions for the purposes of Annex II, Chapter II, paragraph 4 to that Regulation;

(n)receiving commercial documents presented in accordance with or under Annex II, Chapter V to that Regulation;

(o)authorising a representative point in the combustion chamber of an incinerator in accordance with Annex IV, Chapter II, paragraph 3 to that Regulation, and inspecting incinerators in accordance with Annex IV, Chapter VII, paragraph 8 to that Regulation(1); and

(p)authorising specific requirements in accordance with Annex VI, Chapter II, Part C, paragraph 14 to that Regulation(2).

(3) The use of the processes described in Annexes I to V to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 92/2005 is authorised in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of that Regulation and the National Assembly is the competent authority for the purposes of ensuring that Article 5(3) of that Regulation is complied with.