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AGRICULTURE

Made 1st December 2004

Coming into operation 1st December 2004

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being a Department designated^f1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community and in relation to matters relating to the promotion of rural development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: