Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, and shall come into operation on 30th March 2000.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Amendment of the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

2.  Regulation 2(1) of the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(2) shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “the Directive” the following definition—

• ““the Directive” means Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(3), as amended by—

  (a)

  Commission Directive 93/71/EEC(4);

  (b)

  Commission Directive 94/37/EC(5);

  (c)

  Commission Directive 94/79/EC(6);

  (d)

  Commission Directive 95/35/EC(7);

  (e)

  Commission Directive 95/36/EC(8);

  (f)

  Commission Directive 96/12/EC(9);

  (g)

  Commission Directive 96/46/EC(10);

  (h)

  Commission Directive 96/68/EC(11);

  (i)

  Council Directive 97/57/EC(12);

  (j)

  Commission Directive 97/73/EC(13);

  (k)

  Commission Directive 98/47/EC(14);

  (l)

  Commission Directive 1999/1/EC(15);

  (m)

  Commission Directive 1999/73/EC(16);

  (n)

  Commission Directive 1999/80/EC(17);”.

Revocation

3.  The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(18) are hereby revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 24th February 2000.

L.S.

Liam McKibben

Senior Officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development