Introductory text

AGRICULTURE

Made 13th June 2003

Coming into operation

regulations 1 to 4, 6, 7 and 9 1st August 2003

regulations 5, 8 and 10 6th November 2003

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1) and (1A), 69(1), 74A, 75(1), 76(1), 84 and 86 of the Agriculture Act 1970^f1 (as read with regulation 14 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000^f2) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, after consultation as required by section 84(1) of that Act and by 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^f3, and being a Department designated^f4 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f5 in relation to measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that last mentioned section (in so far as these Regulations cannot be made under the powers of the Agriculture Act 1970 specified above), hereby makes the following Regulations: