Regulation 3 Amendment of the Cattle Identification (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

The Cattle Identification (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998^f1 shall be amended as provided in this regulation.

In regulation 2(1) for the definition of “the Council Regulation” there shall be substituted the following definition –

• ““the Council Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97;”.

In Regulation 3(3) for the words “Council Regulation 820/97/EC” there shall be substituted the words “ the Council Regulation”.

After regulation 7(2) there shall be added the following paragraph –

“(3)

For the purposes of Article 18(6) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 any offence against these Regulations shall be deemed to be an offence against that Order.”.