Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2011 No. 436
Animals
Agriculture
The Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2011
Made
21st December 2011
Coming into operation
1st January 2012
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union(2).
This Order makes 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 this Order to Council Directive 2009/158/EC on animal conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs(3) to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 8(1), (2) and (5) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(4) and section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 having consulted with bodies which appeared to it to be substantially representative of the interests concerned and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel.
1972 c.68. paragraph 1A was inserted into Schedule 2 by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51)
O.J. No.L343, 22.12.2009, p.74