The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984

Amendment of Marketing of Potatoes Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 N.I.

12.—(1) The Marketing of Potatoes Act (Northern Ireland) 1964F1 shall have effect subect to the following provisions of this Article.

(2) In sections 1, 2(1), 3(1) and 4 (which require persons sending potatoes out of Northern Ireland to hold a licence or permit and to have the potatoes inspected) after the words “out of Northern Ireland” there shall be inserted the words “ to a relevant destination ”.

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(4) In sections 3, 7 and 13(2) for the word “potatoes” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted the words “ ware potatoes ”.

(5) In section 3 (inspection of potatoes being sent out of Northern Ireland) after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

“(2A) A person shall not either by himself or by any servant or agent of his send or attempt to send any ware potatoes out of Northern Ireland to a destination which is in the United Kingdom or in any other Member State unless the potatoes are of the prescribed standard of quality and have been graded, packed and labelled in the prescribed manner.

(2B) The Department may, if so requested by any person, make arrangements for ware potatoes intended to be sent out of Northern Ireland to a destination which is in the United Kingdom or in any other Member State to be presented, inspected and (where appropriate) certified under subsection (1) as if they were intended to be sent out of Northern Ireland to a relevant destination.”.

(6) Section 15(1)(a) and (b) (exemptions for potatoes grown outside Northern Ireland, or consigned to the Republic of Ireland) shall cease to have effect.

(7) In section 16 (interpretation) the following definitions shall be inserted at the appropriate places in alphabetical order—

““relevant destination” means a destination which is not in the United Kingdom or in any other Member State;

“ware potatoes” means potatoes other than potatoes which in accordance with seed regulations made under the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 may be marketed as seed potatoes;”.

F1 1964 c. 8 (N.I.).