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The Pesticides, Genetically Modified Organisms and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018
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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2018 No. 188
Agriculture
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Seeds
The Pesticides, Genetically Modified Organisms and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018
Made
13th December 2018
Coming into operation
7th January 2019
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (“the Department”)(1), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972(2), makes the following Regulations.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of that Act and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for references to the instruments specified in regulations 2, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
The Department is designated for the purposes of Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to—
(a)
materials providing or intended to provide nutrients to plants(3);
(b)
measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health(4);
(c)
the common agricultural policy of the European Union(5);
(d)
measures relating to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms(6);
(e)
prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution of water(7).
(1)
Formerly the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD see Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1)). DARD was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) by Article 1(2) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c.5 (N.I.)).
(2)
1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (the 2006 Act, section 27(1)(a) and the European union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (the 2008 Act), the Schedule Part 1. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by the 2006 Act, section 28, and was amended by the 2008 Act, the Schedule Part 1. Section 2(2) and paragraph 1A of the Schedule 2 are prospectively repealed by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), section 1 from exit day (see section 20 of that Act.
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