1997 No. 552
The Specified Risk Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
Made
Coming into operation
Whereas it appears to the Department of Agriculture, acting as the Department concerned that it is necessary or expedient—
- a
for the purposes of ensuring that food complies with food safety requirements or in the interests of public health; or
- b
for the purposes of protecting or promoting the interests of consumers,
to make the following Regulations;
Now therefore the said Department concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1), (2) and (3), 16(1), 18(1), 25, 26(3) and 47(2) of and paragraphs 2(1), 3, 5 and 6(1) of Schedule 1 to the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 19911 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and after consultation, in accordance with Article 47(3) of that Order, with such organisations that appear to it to be representative of interests substantially affected by the Regulations, hereby makes the following Regulations: