The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

The Wine Regulations 2011 N.I.

14.—(1) The Wine Regulations 2011 are amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 1(3) insert—

“(4) All the other provisions extend to Northern Ireland.”.

(3) In regulation 2(2), for the definition of “the Agency” substitute—

““the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;”.

(4) In regulation 3—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) The local authority enforces the European Regulations [F1 and the 1416/2006 prohibition] in relation to retail sale.”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for “Secretary of State” substitute “ Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs ”;

(c) omit paragraphs (3), (4), (6), (8) and (9);

(d) insert as paragraph (10)—

“(10) In this regulation—

(a) “general customs official” means a general customs official designated under section 3(1) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 M1 ;

(b) “local authority” means a district council within the meaning of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 M2 .”.

(5) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) at the beginning insert “ In respect of Northern Ireland, ”;

(ii) for “as the” substitute “ as if a ”;

(b) omit paragraph (3).

(6) Omit regulation 6.

(7) For regulation 8(4) substitute—

“(4) An authorised officer entering any premises by virtue of this regulation or regulation 9 may be accompanied by such other person as the officer considers necessary.”.

(8) In regulation 9(1)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for the words from “justice” to “Ireland” substitute “ lay magistrate ”;

(ii) in the words after sub-paragraph (b), for “justice” substitute “ magistrate ”;

(b) omit paragraph (5).

(9) In regulation 16(2) omit sub-paragraphs (b) and (c).

(10) Omit Schedules 1 and 2.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 14(4)(a) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1661), regs. 1(2)(b), 16(4)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 14 in force at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1(7)

Marginal Citations

M1 2009 c. 11.

M2 1954 c. 33 (N.I.).