Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Interpretation

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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.