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Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

In these Regulations –

  • “the Council Regulation” means Regulation 1946/2003f1 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms;

  • “the Department” means the Department of the Environment;

  • “electronic communications” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001f2;

  • “inspector” means a person appointed under regulation 5;

  • “specified Community provision” means a provision of the Council Regulation specified in column 1 of the Schedule;

(2)

Expressions in these Regulations which are not defined in paragraph (1) and which appear in or are referred to in the Council Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have for the purposes of the Council Regulation;

(3)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f3 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 2 in operation at 31.5.2005, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

O.J. No. L287, 5.11.2003, p. l

f2

2001 c. 9 (N.I.); the definition of electronic communications in section 4(1) was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) section 406(1) and Schedule 17, paragraph 170

f3

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)