2011 No. 295
Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union2, and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health3.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development that it is expedient for references in these Regulations to Regulation (EC) No 1107/20094 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC5 and 91/414/EEC6 to be construed as including references to Articles 30(3) and 52(4), and to Annexes I to V of that Regulation as amended from time to time.