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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Agriculture
Made
30th November 2020
Coming into operation
25th December 2020
The Department of Health(1) being a department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals(3), the common agricultural policy of the European Union(4), and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health(5) makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, that Act.
There has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations in accordance with the requirements of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety(6).
Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), section 1
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ No. L198, 25.7.2019, p.241)
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