2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1987 Regulations” means the Control of Pesticides Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1);
“the 2005 Regulations” means the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(2);
“authorised person” means a person authorised under regulation 6(1);
“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland;
“Regulation 1107/2009” means Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/11/EEC and 91/414/EEC, of which Articles 30(3) and 52(4) and Annexes I to V of that Regulation are to be read as amended from time to time; and
“treated seeds” means seeds treated with plant protection products authorised for that use in at least one Member State.
(2) Expressions used in both these Regulations and Regulation 1107/2009 have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in Regulation 1107/2009.
(3) In these Regulations any reference to a numbered Article is to be construed as a reference to the Article so numbered in Regulation 1107/2009.
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
S.R. 1987 No. 414, amended by S.R. 1997 No. 469
S.R. 2005 No. 526, amended by S.R. 2008 No. 85 & S.R. 2008 No. 499