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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-produce-quotas-general-provisions-amendment-regulations-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/438",
  "legislation_title": "The Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-produce-quotas-general-provisions-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which come into force on 1st April 2008, amend the Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) Regulations 2002, S.I. 2002/458 (“the 2002 Regulations”). The 2002 Regulations contain provisions concerning dairy produce quotas relevant to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\nCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003, referred to in the 2002 Regulations, is repealed on 1st April 2008 and replaced by Articles 55(1)(a) and 55(2), in so far as it relates to milk and other milk products, and Section III of Chapter III of Part II (Articles 65 to 84) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (OJ No L299, 16.11.2007, p 1).\nThese Regulations re-enact the definitions in regulation 2 of the 2002 Regulations with amendments to replace the references in that regulation to the provisions of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 with the corresponding references to the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 and with some additional minor amendments. There is a consequential amendment to regulation 4 of the 2002 Regulations. These Regulations also add a new regulation 2(2) which provides that the references to certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 and references to Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 are references to those provisions and to that Commission Regulation as amended from time to time.\nRegulations containing the majority of provisions relating to dairy produce quotas are made separately on a territorial basis. The relevant Regulations for England are the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/465, as amended by S.I. 2006/120, S.I. 2006/2805, S.I. 2007/106 and S.I. 2008/439). The relevant Regulations for Scotland are the Dairy Produce Quotas (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/91, as amended by S.S.I. 2006/119 and S.S.I. 2007/118). The relevant Regulations for Wales are the Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/537 (W.47), as amended by S.I. 2006/762 (W.72) and S.I. 2007/844 (W.76)). The relevant Regulations for Northern Ireland are the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations (Northern Ireland 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 70, as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 60 and S.R. 2007 No. 33).\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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