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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-food-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/385",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-food-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations –\n“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;\n“Regulation 1829/2003” means Regulation 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed; as last amended by Regulation (EC) 298/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.\n“specified Community provision” means a provision of Regulation 1829/2003 specified in Column 1 and described in Column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.\n(2) In these Regulations –\n(a) any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in Regulation 1829/2003;\n(b) any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation so numbered in these Regulations;\n(c) any reference to a Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations.\n(3) Other expressions used in these Regulations and in Regulation 1829/2003 have the same meanings in these Regulations as in Regulation 1829/2003.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (11.2.2019) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 12(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 8.10.2004, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/385/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:56:16.163831+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}