The Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

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2.—(1) In these Regulations —

“owner” means —

(a)

in the case of goods in transit, the consignor (or, if the consignor does not have an address in Northern Ireland, the consignee);

(b)

in the case of goods from a vending machine —

(i)

if the machine is marked with the name and address of its owner, and the address is in Northern Ireland, that person; and

(ii)

in any other case, the occupier of the premises on which the machine stands or to which it is affixed;

(c)

in any other case, the person appearing to the authorised officer to be the owner of the sample when the officer procured it;

“qualified” means qualified for the purposes of the Order;

[F1“specified state” means one of the states listed in Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023;]

“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 M1 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

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