2020 No. 294
The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is a Northern Ireland department designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722, in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 19723.
Citation and Commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and come into operation on 23rd December 2020.
Amendment of the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20172
1
The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20174 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 27, in the heading, at the end insert—
for plant material from parent plant existing pre-commencement
3
After regulation 27 insert—
Transitional provision for supplier’s documents affixed to CAC material27A
A supplier may market CAC material to which a supplier’s document which does not comply with paragraph 6A of Schedule 2 is affixed in the form of a label if that document—
a
is of a colour of supplier’s document that was in use before 1st April 2020; and
b
states that it is marketed in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/18135.
2
This regulation ceases to have effect on 1st July 2021.
4
In Schedule 2—
a
in paragraph 4(b), omit sub-paragraph (x);
b
in paragraph 6(b), omit sub-paragraphs (x) and (xi);
c
after paragraph 6 insert—
6A
A supplier’s document affixed to CAC material in the form of a label must be yellow.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 30th November 2020.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)