Waste Food Ordinance, 1987

Consolidated text © States of Guernsey ORDINANCE OF THE STATES OF DELIBERATION ENTITLED The Waste Food Ordinance, 1987 * [CONSOLIDATED TEXT] NOTE This consolidated version of the enactment incorporates all amendments listed in the footnote below. However, while it is believed to be accurate and up to date, it is not authoritative and has no legal effect, having been prepared in-house for the assistance of the Law Officers. No warranty is given that the text is free of errors and omissions, and no liability is accepted for any loss arising from its use. The authoritative text of the enactment and of the amending instruments may be obtained from Her Majesty's Greffier, Royal Court House, Guernsey, GY1 2PB. © States of Guernsey * Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXIV, p. 83; as amended by the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1989 (Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXXI, p. 278). Consolidated text © States of Guernsey ORDINANCE OF THE STATES OF DELIBERATION ENTITLED The Waste Food Ordinance, 1987 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1. Prohibition on feeding waste food. 2. Offences. 3. Interpretation. 4. Extent. 5. Citation. 6. Commencement. Consolidated text © States of Guernsey (Made on the 29th July, 1987.) The Waste Food Ordinance, 1987 THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 27 th day of May, 1987, hereby order: – Prohibition on feeding waste food. 1. No person shall – (a) feed waste food, or supply waste food for feeding, to any livestock or poultry, or (b) cause or permit waste food to be so fed or supplied. Offences. 2. A person who contravenes section 1 is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding [level 4 on the uniform scale]. NOTE In section 2, the words and figure in square brackets were substituted by the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1989, section 2(2), with effect from 1st July, 1989. Interpretation. 3. In this Ordinance – "livestock" means cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, Consolidated text © States of Guernsey "poultry" means all species of fowl, turkey, goose, duck, guinea fowl, pigeon, pheasant, partridge and quail, "waste food" means – (a) meat, bones, blood, offal or any other part of the carcase of any animal or bird, or any product derived therefrom, (b) hatchery waste, eggs or eggshells, (c) any broken or waste foodstuffs, including table or kitchen scraps, which contain or have been in contact with anything mentioned in (a) or (b). Extent. 4. This Ordinance has effect in the Islands of Guernsey, Herm and Jethou. Citation. 5. This Ordinance may be cited as the Waste Food Ordinance, 1987. Commencement. 6. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the 1 st day of January, 1988.