(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 526) (“the principal Regulations”) which implement in Northern Ireland Council Directive 91/414/EEC (O.J. No. L230, 19.8.91, p1) to be read with the Corrigenda published in O.J. No. L170, 25.6.92, p. 40) concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (“the Directive”), as amended.
A new definition of the Directive is substituted to the effect that references to the Directive are references to it as amended from time to time (regulation 2(2)). Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, which sets out the instruments that amend the Directive, is revoked (regulation 2(3)). Regulation 3 revokes the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, the main purpose of which was to amend the definition of “the Directive” in the principal Regulations so as to implement specified Commission Directives.
Amendments to the Directive may be found at www.dardni.gov.uk/index/fisheries-farming-and-food/pesticides-use-and-regulation/pesticide-roles-and-responsibilities/dard-pesticide-legislation.htm , and a list of substances approved under the Directive is available on the website of the Pesticide Safety Directorate at www.pesticides.gov.uk/approvals.asp?id=871