2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
“inspector” means a person appointed under regulation 8(1);
“Regulation 396/2005” means Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008(1).
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to Regulation 396/2005 is a reference to that Regulation as amended from time to time.
(3) Expressions used in both these Regulations and Regulation 396/2005 have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in Regulation 396/2005.
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2)applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
OJ No L 97, 9.4.2008, p 67