Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1998 No. 237

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Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made

30th June 1998

Coming into operation

30th June 1998

The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Social Services, acting jointly as the Department concerned(1), in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Articles 15(1)(a) (b) and (f) and (3), 16(1) and (2), 25(1), (2)(a) and (b) and (3), 26(3), 30(9), 31(3), 32(1) and (2)(c), (d), (e), (f), and (h), 44(1) and (2) and 47(2) of, and paragraphs 3(1)(b) and 7(1) to (3) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(2) (“the Order”) and being Departments designated(3) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(4) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community and in relation to medicinal products, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf; after consultation in accordance with Article 47 of the Order with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations (in so far as the Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Articles of the Order), hereby make the following Regulations:

(1)

See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1991/762 (N.I. 7); the definition of “the Department concerned”was substituted by Article 3(1)(a) of S.I. 1996/1633 (N.I. 12)

(2)

S.I. 1991/762 (N.I. 7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1633 (N.I. 12)

(3)

See S.I. 1972/1811