Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
FOOD
Made
12th June 2006
Coming into operation
14th July 2006
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (1) and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (2), are Departments designated (3) for the purposes of section 2 (2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (4) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community and in relation to medicinal products.
Acting jointly as the Department concerned (5), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 (2) of that Act, and those conferred by Articles 15(1)(a), (b) and (f), 15(3), 16(1) and (2), 25(1), (2)(a) and (3), 26(3), 30(9), 31(3), 32(1) and 47(2) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (6), having carried out the consultation, with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations, as required by article 47 of the Order and Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and Laying down procedures in matters of Food Safety (7), hereby make the following Regulations:
Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(4)
Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services: see 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(6)
S.R. 2000/78: see regulation 13(1)(d)(i), which allows the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to join with the Department of Health and Social Services and Public Safety in making Regulations under the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 in relation to residues of veterinary products in food and food sources
S.I. 1991/762 (N.I. 7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1633 (N.I. 12)
O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1