Commencement of provisions
2.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), the day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Order shall be 21st May 1991.
(2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the repeal in Schedule 4 of—
(a)sections 4(5), 5(5), 7(3), 13(10), 74(4), 93(4), 95(7), 97(5), 118(7), 120(5), 135 and 136(3) of the Food Act 1984(1); and
(b)Articles 38(4)(a) and (5) to (7), 40(2)(d) and (5) and 44 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(2),
and Article 51(4) in so far as it relates to those repeals, shall be 4th November 1991.
(3) The day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 49, and the repeal in Schedule 4 of section 133(3) of the Food Act 1984, and Article 51(4) in so far as it relates to that repeal, shall be 1st April 1992.
(4) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the repeal in Schedule 4 of Articles 2(2) and 15 of the Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, and Article 51(4) in so far as it relates to those repeals, shall be 1st April 1992, immediately after the coming into operation of regulation 2(6) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Food Hygiene (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990(3), in so far as the said regulation 2(6) and the said Schedule 2 have effect for the purposes of paragraph (6) of regulation 26A of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1964(4).
S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1964 No. 129; the relevant amendment is S.R. 1990 No. 301