The Hops Certification Regulations 1979
UK Statutory Instrument 1979 No. 1095 — creates 6 criminal offences.
- Made
- 29 August 1979
- In force from
- 1 October 1979
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Agriculture, plant health, food production and rural affairs
- Made under
- European Communities Act 1972
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These Regulations make provision for the implementation in the United Kingdom of the Community hop certification system set up under the Community provisions referred to in regulation 1(2). Regulation 2 provides for certification to be carried out by certifying officers authorised for that purpose by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the Secretary of State. Regulation 3 creates offences of selling uncertified or improperly packaged hops or hop products of Community origin; selling imported third country hop cones without an attestation of equivalence or control attestation; selling imported third country hop products without an attestation of equivalence; and, except in the case of hops harvested on land owned by a brewer and used by him, using for the manufacture of hop products third country hops imported without an attestation of equivalence. Regulation 4 imposes restrictions on the movement of third country hop cones imported without an attestation of equivalence. Regulation 5 provides for inspection of certification centres and premises where hops and hop products are to be found and regulation 6 makes it an offence to obstruct an inspector. Regulation 7 provides for the submission of brewers' and processors' declarations and regulation 8 for the keeping and production of records. Regulation 9 creates offences of removing, falsifying, etc. marks or certificates and making or using false entries in records. Regulation 10 provides for defences; regulations 11 and 12 are supplementary. Regulation 13 repeals the Hop Trade Act 1814 and the Hop (Prevention of Frauds) Act 1866 and revokes the Hops (Import Regulation) Order 1961.
Offences created by this instrument
- Sale, etc. contrary to Community provisions regulation 3(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Restrictions on movement of unattested third country hop cones regulation 4(3) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Obstruction, etc regulation 6 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Brewers' and processors' declarations regulation 7(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Records regulation 8(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Removal, falsification, etc. of marks or certificates; false entries regulation 9 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
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