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Agriculture, England

Food, England

Made 22nd November 2019

Coming into force 14th December 2019

To be laid before Parliament

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1.

The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals^f2, the common agricultural policy of the European Community^f3 and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health^f4.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for any reference to an EU instrument defined in Schedule 1 to the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013^f5 to be construed in accordance with regulation 2(6) of those Regulations as amended by these Regulations 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^f6 there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations.

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Footnotes

f1: 1972 c.68.
f2: S.I. 2003/2901.
f3: S.I. 1972/1811.
f4: S.I. 1999/2027.
f5: S.I. 2013/2996 as last amended by S.I. 2016/868.
f6: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L198, 25.7.2019, p. 241).