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Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

S.R. 2012/12 · Made 16 January 2012

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Pesticides

Made 16th January 2012

Coming into operation- 29th February 2012

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f1 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Unionf2, and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public healthf3, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2), makes the following Regulations:-

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1972 c. 68.

f2

S.I. 2008/301.

f3

S.I. 1999 No.2027

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, and extent
  2. 2Amendment of the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011
  3. 3Amendment to Regulation 2
  4. 4Amendment to Regulation 24
  5. 5Amendment to Schedule 1
  6. 6Amendment to Schedule 1
  7. 7Amendment to Schedule 2
  8. Signature
  9. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and come into operation on 29th February 2012.

2Amendment of the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

The Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011f1 are amended as follows:

3Amendment to Regulation 2

In regulation 2(1) (general interpretation) after the definition of “Regulation 1107/2009” insert—

  • ““the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs :”.

4Amendment to Regulation 24

Regulation 24(4) shall be deleted.

5Amendment to Schedule 1

In Schedule 1 (Power of Authorised Persons), paragraph 8(1)(a) and 8(3) for “regulations 8 to 18” substitute “regulation 22”.

6Amendment to Schedule 1

In Schedule 1 (Power of Authorised Persons), paragraph 8(1)(b) for “unlikely” substitute “likely”.

7Amendment to Schedule 2

In Schedule 2 (Adjuvants) for “the Department” wherever it appears, substitute “the Secretary of State”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 16th January 2012

L.S.

John Speers

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (the principal Regulations) by a few minor technical amendments.

Regulation 3 amends the Principal Regulations by inserting a definition of “the Secretary of State”.

Regulation 24(4) is deleted as section 8(b) of the Protection of Animals Act 1911 has been repealed.

Schedule 2 is amended to substitute for “the Department”, wherever it appears, “the Secretary of State” as the list of adjuvants will be maintained by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.