The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

The Olive Oil (Marketing Standards) Regulations 2014 in respect of Northern Ireland

8.—(1) The Olive Oil (Marketing Standards) Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows in respect of Northern Ireland.

(2) In regulation 1—

(a) in the heading, for “and commencement” substitute “, commencement and extent”;

(b) number the existing paragraph as paragraph (1);

(c) after the new paragraph (1) insert—

“(2) They extend to Northern Ireland.”.

(3) In regulation 2—

(a) for regulation 2(1), substitute—

“2.— (1) In these Regulations, “the Department” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.”;

(b) in paragraph (2), in the words after sub-paragraph (c), for “amended from time to time” substitute “they have effect by virtue of section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and as amended from time to time”.

(4) In regulation 4, for “appropriate authority” substitute “Department”.

(5) In regulation 6—

(a) in paragraph (5)—

(i) for “justice of the peace” substitute “lay magistrate”;

(ii) for the words from “justice, on” to “writing)” substitute “lay magistrate, on a sworn complaint in writing”;

(b) in paragraph (9), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) be accompanied by such other persons as the authorised officer considers necessary;”;

(c) omit paragraph (10).

(6) Omit regulations 8 and 9.

(7) In regulation 10—

(a) in the heading omit “: Northern Ireland”;

(b) omit paragraph (1).

(8) Omit regulation 13(4).

(9) In regulation 15(2)—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (a) insert “and”;

(b) omit sub-paragraphs (b) and (c).

(10) In regulation 16, for “appropriate authority”, in both places it occurs, substitute “Department”.

(11) For regulation 17, substitute—

“17.— (1) These Regulations are enforced by the Department.

(2) But any district council may also enforce these Regulations.”.

(12) Omit regulations 18 to 20.

(1)

S.I. 2014/195, prospectively amended by S.I. 2019/824, 1422. Further to amendments made by regulations 11(2)(c) and 14(2)(c) of this instrument, those amendments will not extend to Northern Ireland.