Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Pesticides

Made 19th August 2011

Coming into operation 4th October 2011

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union^f2, and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health^f3.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development that it is expedient for references in these Regulations to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009^f4 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC^f5 and 91/414/EEC^f6 to be construed as including references to Articles 30(3) and 52(4), and to Annexes I to V of that Regulation as amended from time to time.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1972 c. 68
f2: S.I. 2000 No.2812
f3: S.I. 1999 No. 2027
f4: OJ No. L309, 24.11.2009, p.1.
f5: OJ No. L33, 8.2 1979, p.36.
f6: OJ No. L230, 19.8.1991, p.1.