Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Amendment of other Regulations

58.—(1) After sub-paragraph (h) of paragraph (2) of regulation 3 of the Food Premises (Registration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) there shall be inserted—

“(i) as a dispatch centre, purification centre, factory vessel or fishery products establishment which is approved under, or an auction or wholesale market which is registered under, the Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998.”.

(2) Regulation 3(2) of the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(2) shall be amended as follows—

(a) sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) shall be omitted; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (l) there shall be inserted—

“(m) the Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998.”.

(3) Regulation 3 of the Food Safety (Temperature Control) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(3) shall be amended as follows—

(a) paragraph (2)(a) to (e) shall be omitted;

(b) in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (k) there shall be inserted—

“(l) the Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998.”;

(c) in paragraph (3), for the words from “regulated by” to “unless,” there shall be substituted “regulated by Part III of the Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland 1998, unless,”.

(4) The Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 shall be amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 2(1)—

(i) the definitions of “bivalve molluscs” and “other shell fish” shall be omitted;

(ii) for the definition of “fishery products” there shall be substituted—

““fishery products” has the same meaning as in the Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998;”, and

(iii) after the definition of “importer” there shall be inserted—

““live shellfish” has the same meaning as in the Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998;”;

(b) in each of the following provisions—

(i) regulation 20(1),

(ii) regulation 21(1) and (2),

(iii) regulation 22(b) and (c),

(iv) regulation 23(3), and

(v) regulation 24(3),

“bivalve molluscs or other” shall be omitted; and

(c)

in Schedule 2—

(i)

paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be omitted; and

(ii)

after paragraph 5 there shall be inserted—

“6.   The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. 1998 No. 207).”.

(1)

S.R. 1992 No. 167, as amended by S.R. 1993 No. 423, S.R. 1994 No. 346, S.R. 1995 No. 201 and S.R. 1997 Nos. 493, 494, 495 and 496

(2)

S.R. 1995 No. 360, as amended by S.R. 1996 No. 286 and S.R. 1997 Nos. 493, 494, 495 and 496

(3)

S.R. 1995 No. 377, as amended by S.R. 1996 No. 383 and S.R. 1997 Nos. 493, 494 and 495