Animal Feed (Amendment) Act 2016

This Act may be cited as the Animal Feed

(Amendment) Act, No. 15 of 2016.

Long title of the Animal Feed Act, No. 15 of 1986

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”)

is hereby amended by the substitution for the words

“MANUFACTURE, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF

ANIMAL FEED” of the words “MANUFACTURE, SALE,

IMPORTATION FOR SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF

ANIMAL FEED”.

Section 2 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor:—

2. (1) The Director-General of Animal

Production and Health (hereinafter referred to as the “the Director-General”) shall be responsible for the general administration of this Act.

There may be appointed such number of

Any power, duty or function of the

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 2 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 2A of that enactment.

2A. (1) There shall be appointed an officer belonging to the Grade I of the Sri Lanka

Animal Production and Health Service having not less than three years of active service in that Grade to be or to act as the Registrar of

Animal Feed (hereinafter referred to as “the

Registrar”) who shall be the licensing authority for the purposes of this Act.

The Registrar shall exercise, perform and discharge any power, duty and function assigned to him under this Act, subject to the direction and control of the Director-General.”.

Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor:—

3. No person shall manufacture or import any animal feed except under the authority of a licence issued by the Registrar under this

Act.”.

Section 4 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

in subsection (1) thereof, by the substitution for the words “Every person desirous of obtaining a licence to manufacture” of the words “Every person desirous of obtaining a licence to manufacture or import”;

in subsection (2) thereof —

Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:—

“(1) The Registrar shall declare any animal feed manufactured or imported for sale on a licence issued under section 5 of this Act to be an approved animal feed (hereinafter referred to as “approved animal feed”) and assign a number in respect of such approved animal feed.”.

Section 7 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor:—

7. No person shall sell, expose for sale, offer for sale or distribute any animal feed other than an approved animal feed declared under section 6.”.

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 7 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 7A of that enactment.

7A. No person shall sell, expose for sale, offer for sale, store, supply or distribute any approved animal feed at or from any premises unless auch premises has been registered in the manner prescribed by the Registrar and a Certificate of

Registration is obtained in that behalf.”.

“Sale of approved animal feed.

“Registering of premisses.

Section 8 of the principal enactment is amended as follows:—

by the repeal of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substitution therefor of the following:—

in subparagraph (ii) of pargraph (b) of subsection (1) by the substitution for the word “three” of the word “five”;

in subsection (2) of that section by the substitution for the words “three members.” of the words “four members.”;

by the insertion immediately after subsection (3) of that section of the following new subsection which shall have effect as subsection (3A):—

Section 10 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

in paragraph (i) by the substitution for the words

in paragraph (ii) by the substitution for the words

in paragraph (iii) by the substitution for the words

by the insertion immediately after paragraph (iii)

Section 11 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in paragraph (c) by the substitution for the word

“composition” of the words “nutrient composition”.

Section 12 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted thererfor:—

12. The Committee shall —

study and keep under review matters relating to —

the production, importation, manufacture, sale, processing, distribution and use of animal feed;

preparation of animal feed;

report on matters relating to subparagraphs (i) or (ii) of paragraph (a) from time to time to the Minister; and

recommend to the Minister such proposals as it considers necessary or advisable for the control,

Section 13 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) by the substiution for the words

“the production, manufacture, processing, distribution and sale of approved animal feed” of the words “the production, manufacture, importation, processing, distribution, use and sale of animal feed”.

Section 16 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “No alteration in the container, print or the label or” of the words “Where any approved animal feed is intended to be sold, no alteration in the container, print or the label or”.

Section 17 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (2).

Section 18 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “manufacture, prepare or store any approved animal feed for sale” of the words “manufacture, import, prepare or store any approved animal feed for sale”.

Section 21 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “no person shall manufacture, any approved animal feed for sale or sell” of the words “no person shall manufacture or import any approved animal feed for sale, use or sell”.

Section 22 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

in subsection (1) by the substitution for the words

in subsection (2) by the substitution for the words

Section 23 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

by the repeal of subsection (1) and substitution therefor of the following:—

by the insertion immediatly after subsection (1) of that section of the following subsection which shall have effect as subsection (1A):—

in paragrah (b) of subsection (2) of that section by the substitution for the words “any approved animal feed, from any person who has such animal feed in his possession for the purpose of sale;” of the words

Section 25 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

in subsection (1) by the substitution for the words

in subsection (2) by the substitution for the words

in subsection (3) by the substitution for the words

Section 28 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsecion (1) by the substitution for the words

“to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees” of the words

“to a fine not less than fifty thousand rupees and not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand rupees”.

Section 31 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (2) by the insertion immediately after paragraph (a) of that section of the following paragraph which shall have effect as paragraph (aa):—

“(aa)

prescribing the standards for the manufacture of self mixed animal feed;”.

Section 32 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

by the insertion immediately before the definition of the expression “animal feed” of the following new definition:—

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “compounded feeds” of the following new definition:—

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “referee analyst” of the following new definition:—

by the repeal of the definition of “seller” and substitution therefor of the following new definition:—

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “simple feed” of the following new definition:—

In the principal enactment and in any other written law wherever the words “Director of Animal

Every reference to the “Director of Animal Production and Health” and “Director” in any notice, notification, contract, communication or other document under this Act shall be read and construed as a reference respectively to the

In the event of any inconsistency between the

Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.