Introductory text

AGRICULTURE

Made 8th April 2003

Coming into operation 27th May 2003

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, being a Department designated^f1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2 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 section and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and after consultation as required 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, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2000/2812
f2: 1972 c. 68. The enabling powers conferred by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51)
f3: O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 (O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1) “food law” extends to feed produced for, or fed to, food producing animals