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Regulation 2 Interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

In these Regulations –

  • “the 1979 Act” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979f1;

  • “authorised officer” means an officer authorised by a district council for the purposes of these Regulations;

  • “authorised person” means a person authorised by the Department for the purposes of these Regulations;

  • “the commencement date” means the date on which these regulations come into operation;

  • “customs officer” means an officer within the meaning of the 1979 Act;

  • “the Department” means the Department of the Environment;

  • “district council” means a district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972f2;

  • “the principal Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2037/2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer, as amended by Council Regulations (EC) Nos. 2038/2000 and 2039/2000f3.

(2)

Unless the context indicates otherwise –

(a)

expressions used in these Regulations and in the principal Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in that Regulation; and

(b)

any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article bearing that number in the principal Regulation.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1979 c. 2

f2

1972 c. 9 (N.I.)

f3

O.J. No. L244, 29.9.00, p. 1. The text of the amending Regulations will be found at O.J. No. L244, 29.9.00, p. 25 and p. 26