Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release and Risk Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 30th January 1998.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Amendment of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994
2.—(1) The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(2) shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 10 (consent to market products containing genetically modified organisms) there shall be added at the end the following sub-paragraph—
“;
(c)the marketing of a novel food or novel food ingredient within the scope of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council.”(3).
(3) For Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule.
Amendment of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Risk Assessment) (Records and Exemptions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
3. In the Genetically Modified Organisms (Risk Assessment) (Records and Exemptions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4) in paragraph (2) of regulation 4 (exemptions from requirement to carry out risk assessments) there shall be added at the end the following sub-paragraph—
“;
(e)are or are contained in a novel food or novel food ingredient which is authorised for marketing in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
L.S.
R. W. Rogers
Assistant Secretary
11th December 1997.