Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Agriculture

Made 17th September 2010

Coming into operation 11th October 2010

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety^f1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 66(1), 74A, 79(9) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970^f2, as read with regulation 14 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000^f3.

In so far as these Regulations cannot be made under the powers contained in the Agriculture Act 1970, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f4.

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health^f5, the common agricultural policy of the European Community^f6 and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals^f7.

There has been consultation during the preparation of these Regulations in accordance with the requirements of section 84(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970 or, as appropriate, of 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 safety^f8.

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Footnotes

f1: Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3
f2: 1970 c.40; sections 66(1) and 84 are modified in their application to Northern Ireland by section 86 of the Act and were amended by S.R. 2004 No. 506; section 74A was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68)
f3: S.R. 2000 No. 78
f4: 1972 c. 68
f5: S.I. 1999/2027
f6: S.I. 2000/2812
f7: S.I. 2003/2901
f8: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468 with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14)