{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-by-products-enforcement-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/332",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal By-Products (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-by-products-enforcement-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals\nAnimal Health\nMade 15th September 2015\nComing into operation 14th October 2015\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is a Department designated for the purposes of making Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development that it is expedient for the reference to the Regulation (EU) No. 142/2011 (implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive) to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2027"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "O.J. No L 54, 26.02.2011, p 1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 9/2015 (OJ No L 3, 7.1.2015, p10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/332/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:17.161352+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}