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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
AGRICULTURE
Made
5th December 2005
Coming into operation
1st January 2006
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1) and (1A), 69(1) and (3), 70(1), 71(1), 74(1), 74A, 77(4), 78(6) and (10), 79(1), (2) and (9), and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970(2) (as read with regulation 14 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(3).
In so far as these Regulations cannot be made under the powers in the Agriculture Act 1970 specified above, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety makes these Regulations in exercise of its powers as a Department designated(4) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(5) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health.
There has been consultation in accordance with the requirements of section 84(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970 or as appropriate of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety(6).
Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3
1970 c. 40; sections 68(1A) and 74A were inserted by the Agriculture Act 1970 (Amendment) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/980) and the European Communities Act 1972 (1972 c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 6 respectively. Sections 78(6) and 86 were modified by S.I. 1999/2325
S.I. 2000/2812 in relation to the common agricultural policy and S.I. 1999/2027 in relation to measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health
O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L245, 29.9.2003, p. 4)
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