The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister”), being a Minister designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2), and, in respect of the provisions of these Regulations relating to Part 1 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, the Minister and the Secretary of State, acting jointly in relation to England, and the Minister and the National Assembly for Wales, acting jointly in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 16(2) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 19853, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 16(9) of the said Act of 1985 with the Advisory Committee on Pesticides established under section 16(7) of that Act4, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament: