Reporting of Prices of Milk Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2011 No. 46

Agriculture

Reporting of Prices of Milk Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Made

23rd February 2011

Coming into operation

23rd March 2011

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development that it is expedient for references to Commission Regulation (EU) No 479/2010 laying down rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards Member States’ notifications to the Commission in the milk and milk products sector(3) to be construed as references to that Regulation as amended from time to time.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972(4).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Reporting of Prices of Milk Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 23^rd March 2011.

Interpretation

2.  The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(5) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Amendment of the Reporting of Prices of Milk Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

3.—(1) The Reporting of Prices of Milk Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(6) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—

(a) for the definition of “Commission Regulation” there shall be substituted—

““Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 479/2010 laying down rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards Member States’ notifications to the Commission in the milk and milk products sector, as amended from time to time;”; and

(b) for the definition of “milk products” there shall be substituted—

““milk products” means those products specified in Article 2(3)(a) of, and Annexes I.A and I.B to, the Commission Regulation.”.

(3) In regulation 3(1) (Provision of information on prices of milk products) for “Article 6” there shall be substituted “Articles 2 and 3”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 23^rd February 2011.

(L.S.)

Dr John Speers

A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations which come into operation on 23rd March 2011 amend the Reporting of Prices of Milk Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008 No. 240) to refer to Commission Regulation (EU) No 479/2010 laying down rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards Member States’ notifications to the Commission in the milk and milk products sector (OJ No L 135, 2.6.2010, p 26), which has replaced the Commission Regulation previously referred to in those Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 2000/2812 to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations

(2)

1972 c.68.

(3)

OJ No L 135, 2.6.2010, p 26 as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1041/2010 (OJ No L 299, 17.11.2010, p 4).

(4)

Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51).

(5)

1954 c.33 (N.I.)

(6)

S.R. 2008 No. 240