Food and Animal Feedingstuffs (Products of Animal Origin from China) (Control) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Commission Decision” means Commission Decision 2002/69/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China(1);

“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

“free circulation” has the same meaning as in Article 23.2, as read with Article 24, of the Treaty establishing the European Community;

“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and, subject to paragraph (2), any expression used both in these Regulations and in the Order has the meaning it bears in the Order;

“relevant product of animal origin” means a product of animal origin falling within either of the following descriptions—

(a)

products of animal origin originating in, or consigned from, China, and intended for human consumption, or animal feed use, except for any such product which is of a kind to which the derogation contained in Article 2.2 of the Commission Decision (which is concerned with casings and certain fishery products) applies; and

(b)

products which contain any product falling within the description given in paragraph (a).

(2) Any expression used both in these Regulations and in the Commission Decision has the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in that Decision.

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

(1)

O.J. No. L30, 31.1.2002, p. 50

(2)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)