Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations –

• “the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;

• “the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

• F1“Regulation (EC) 178/2002” means 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, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Expressions used both in these Regulations and in Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in that Regulation.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.