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Northern Ireland

European Communities

Animals

Made 27th March 2019

Coming into operation 29th March 2019

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs^f1 is designated^f2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f3 (“the 1972 Act”) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.

The Department makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the 1972 Act^f4.

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Footnotes

f1: Formerly the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) see Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1). DARD was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs by section 1(2) of the Department Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.).
f2: S.I 2000/2812.
f3: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (the 2006 Act) and by section 3 of, and the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (the 2008 Act).
f4: Paragraph 1A Schedule 2 to the 1972 Act was inserted by section 28 of the 2006 Act and amended by section 3 of, and the Schedule to, the 2008 Act and by S.I. 2007/1388.