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Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 8Other Regulations: consequential provisions

Part IConsequential modifications to the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

1.  In regulation 2(1), before the definition of “animal” there shall be inserted the following definition—

“the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency,;

2.  In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2), for “the Department”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted “the Agency, on behalf of the Department,”.

(2) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are paragraphs 5(1) and (4), 8, 9(1), 10 and 11(1) of Schedule 1.

(3) In paragraphs 5(2) and 6(2) of Schedule 1, for “the Department” there shall be substituted “the Agency, acting on behalf of the Department,”.

3.  In paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 1, after “the Department” there shall be inserted “or the Agency, on behalf of the Department,”.

Part IIConsequential modifications to the Industrial Pollution Control (Applications, Appeals and Registers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

In regulation 5(1), after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

(f)the Food Standards Agency, in the case of all prescribed processes designated for integrated central control..

Part IIIConsequential modifications to the Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

1.  In regulation 2(2), after the definition of “additional mark” there shall be inserted the following definition—

“the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency,.

2.  In regulation 14(1), (2) and (3), after “the Department”, wherever it occurs, there shall be inserted “or the Agency, on behalf of the Department”.

Part IVConsequential modifications to the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

1.  In regulation 2(1), before the definition of “bottle” there shall be inserted the following definition—

“the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;.

2.—(1) In the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2), for “the Department”, wherever it occurs in each of those provisions, there shall be substituted “the Agency”.

(2) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are regulations 4(1)(d)(i), (2), (3), (4) and (6) and paragraphs 1, 4 and 6 of Part II to Schedule 1.

3.  In regulation 4(4), for “shall make such inquiry into the matter as may seem to it appropriate ” there shall be substituted “shall make such inquiry into the matter as may seem to the Agency to be appropriate”.

4.  For regulation 4(5) there shall be substituted—

(5) Upon the grant or withdrawal of recognition for the purposes of Article 1 pursuant to this regulation the Agency shall inform the Commission of the European Community of such grant or withdrawal..