Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Part IXConsequential modifications to the Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

1.  In regulation 2(1)—

(a)before the definition of “carcase” there shall be inserted the following definition—

“the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;;

(b)the definition of “the Department” shall be omitted;

(c)in the definition of “licensed”, for “the Department” there shall be substituted “the Agency”;

(d)in the definition of “OVS”, for “the Department” there shall be substituted “the Agency”; and

(e)in the definition of “veterinary officer”, for “the Department” there shall be substituted “the Agency”.

2.—(1) In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2), for “the Department”, wherever it occurs in those provisions, there shall be substituted “the Agency”.

(2) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are regulations 3(2), (2)(a), (3), (4) and (6), 4(1), (1)(a) and (c), (2) and (3), 5(3), 6(1), (2) and (4), 7(1), (2) and (3), 9(1), (3), (4) and (5), 10(1), 11(1) to (3), 14(1) and (2), 15(1)(d) and (3), 16(2)(b) and 18 and paragraph 3(b)(iv) of Schedule 7.