Regulation 2 Interpretation

Northern Ireland

(1)

In these Regulations —

F1...
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“Regulation 1881/2006” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs M1;
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“Regulation 124/2009” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 124/2009 setting maximum levels for the presence of coccidiostats or histomonostats in food resulting from the unavoidable carry-over of these substances in non-target feed M2;
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“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.

(2)

Any other expression used in these Regulations and in F2... Regulation 1881/2006 or Regulation 124/2009 has the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in F3... Regulation concerned.

F4(3)

Subject to regulation 2(4), any reference to an EU instrument is a reference to it as amended at the date of making these Regulations.

(4)

Any reference to an Article of or Annex to F5... Regulation 1881/2006 or Regulation 124/2009 is a reference to that Article or Annex as it may be amended from time to time.

(5)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 M3 shall apply to these regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (11.2.2019) by virtue of The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 26(2)(a)
F2: Words in reg. 2(2) omitted (11.2.2019) by virtue of The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 26(2)(b)(i)
F3: Words in reg. 2(2) omitted (11.2.2019) by virtue of The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 26(2)(b)(ii)
F4: Reg. 2(3) substituted (17.1.2014) by The Contaminants in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/296), regs. 1, 2(2)
F5: Words in reg. 2(4) omitted (11.2.2019) by virtue of The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 26(2)(c)

Marginal citations

M1: OJ No. L364, 20.12.2006, p.5. This Regulation has been amended by Commission Regulations (EC) No's 1126/2007 (OJ No. L255, 29.9.2007, p.14), 565/2008 (OJ No. L160, 19.6.2008, p.20), 629/2008 (OJ No. L173, 3.7.2008, p.6), and by Commission Regulations (EU) No's 105/2010 (OJ No.L35, 6.2.2010, p.7), 165/2010 (OJ No. L50, 27.2.2010, p.8), 420/2011 (OJ No. L111, 30.4.2011, p.3), 835/2011 (OJ No. L215, 20.8.2011, p.4), 1258/2011 (OJ No. L320, 3.12.2011, p.15), 1259/2011 (OJ No. L320, 3.12.2011, p.18), 594/2012 (OJ No. L176, 6.7.2012, p.43) and 1058/2012 (OJ No. L313, 13.11.2012, p.14)
M2: OJ No. L40, 11.2.2009, p.7. This Regulation has been amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 610/2012 (OJ No. L178, 10.7.2012, p.1)
M3: 1954 c.33