Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Food

Made 25th June 2009

Coming into operation- 27th September 2009

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety^f1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972^f2.

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public has been designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food^f3.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for any reference to a Community instrument defined in Schedule 1 to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.

As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety^f4 there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of the following Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6)
f2: 1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51)
f3: S.I. 2003/2901
f4: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 202/2008 amending Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the permanent Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority (OJ No. L60, 5.3.2008, p.17) (EC) No. 1642.2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L245, 29.9.2003, P.4) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 (OJ No. L100, 8.4.2006, P.3)