Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2018 No. 183
Plant Health
The Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018
Made
24th October 2018
Coming into operation
14th November 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2).
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union(3).
The Ministry of Agriculture became known as the Department of Agriculture by virtue of section 7(5) of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act (c.36), was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) and was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs by section 1 of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5(N.I.)).
1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1)(a) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), the Schedule Part 1. Schedule 2(2) is prospectively repealed by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16), section 1 from exit day (see section 20 of that Act).
S.I. 1972 No.1811, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.