EnforcementN.I.
5.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Department to enforce and execute these Regulations in relation to feed.
(2) It shall be the duty of each district council to enforce and execute these Regulations within its district in relation to food.
(3) For the purposes of enabling the Department to exercise its duty under paragraph (1) and each district council to exercise its duty under paragraph (2), an authorised officer of the Department or district council concerned shall ensure that the requirements referred to in paragraph (4) are adhered to.
[F1(4) The requirements are those specified in —
(a)Article 5 of the Commission Decision (which is concerned with the conditions under which specified products may be placed on the market, the official controls to be carried out and the measures to be taken with regard to non-compliant consignments); and
(b)the first sentence of Article 7 of that Decision (which is concerned with the control of splitting of consignments).]
(5) The Department and each district council shall give such assistance and information to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety and the Agency as they may reasonably request in connection with the enforcement and execution of these Regulations.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 5(4) substituted (12.1.2012) by The Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/3), regs. 1(1), 2(5)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 5 in operation at 15.4.2008, see reg. 1