Introductory text

Environmental Protection

Made 12th December 2019

Coming into force 6th January 2020

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, being a Department designated^f1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2 in relation to measures relating to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, and by Article 8(4) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Northern Ireland) Order 1991^f3, having consulted the Food Standards Agency in accordance with Article 22(5) of that Order.

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Footnotes

f1: S.I.2008/301.
f2: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) is amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).
f3: S.I.1991/1714 (N.I.19).