Regulation 9 Regulations: Northern Ireland

Any power of the Department of Health to make regulations under this Part is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979^f1.

Regulations made under regulation 2 (food supplements) by the Department of Health are subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 as if they were a statutory instrument within the meaning of that Act.

A statutory rule containing regulations made under regulation 3 (purity criteria for substances listed in Schedule 2) or 4 (amounts of vitamins and minerals) may not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by, a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly.