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The Curd Cheese (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

S.R. 2007/136 · Made 7 March 2007

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Made 7th March 2007

Coming into operation- 7th March 2007

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safetyf1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2.

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has been designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of foodf3.

As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safetyf4 there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of the following Regulations.

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Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)

f2

1972 c.68

f3

S.I. 2003/2901

f4

OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the permanent Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority (OJ No. L100, 8.4.2006, p.3).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Revocation
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Curd Cheese (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and come into operation on 7th March 2007.

2Revocation

The Curd Cheese (Restriction on Placing on the Market) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006f1 and the Curd Cheese (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006f2 are revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 7th March 2007.

L.S.

Don Hill

A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the Curd Cheese (Restriction on Placing on the Market) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No.415) and the Curd Cheese (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No.493).

Those Regulations implemented Commission Decision 2006/694/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of curd cheese manufactured in a dairy establishment in the United Kingdom (OJ No. L283, 14.10.2006, p.59). Commission Decision 2006/694/EC has been repealed by the Commission Decision of 2nd March 2007 repealing Commission Decision 2006/694/EC of 13th October 2006 prohibiting the placing on the market of curd cheese manufactured in a dairy establishment in the United Kingdom.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this rule as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.