1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 10th October 2005.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
2.—(1) The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002(2) shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “the Residues Directives” there shall be substituted the following definition:
““the Residues Directives” means Council Directive 86/362/EEC(3), Council Directive 86/363/EEC(4) and Council Directive 90/642/EEC(5), in each case amended as at the date of the making of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.”.
(3) In Schedule 1, for the entries for Metalaxyl and Metalaxyl-M there shall be substituted the following entries:
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Pesticide | Residues |
| Metalaxyl | (1) for products of plant origin other than cereals: metalaxyl including other mixtures of constituent isomers including metalaxyl-m (sum of isomers) (2) for cereals and foodstuffs of animal origin: metalaxyl |
| Metalaxyl-M | for cereals: metalaxyl-m |
(4) In Part II of Schedule 2, for the columns relating to the pesticides Azoxystrobin, Fenhexamid, Fenpropimorph, Iprovalicarb, Maneb Mancozeb Metiram Propineb Zineb, Metalaxyl, Metalaxyl-M, Methomyl thiodicarb, Myclobutanil and Penconazole there shall be substituted the columns of maximum permitted levels for residues of those pesticides as specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 24th August 2005.
L.S.
D. Small
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development