2006 No. 346
The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being designated1, for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 56(1), (2) and (5) of the Finance Act 19733 and with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, hereby makes the following Regulations.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2006.
Interpretation2
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19544 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Amendment of the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
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1
The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20055 shall be amended in accordance with these Regulations.
2
In Part I of Schedule 4 after paragraph 2 there shall be inserted—
2A
Commission Decision 2000/666/EC laying down the animals health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of birds, other than poultry and the conditions for quarantine (O.J. No. L278, 31.10.2000, p. 26) as read with Council Directive 92/65/EEC.
4
In Part II of Schedule 4 after paragraph 9 there shall be inserted—
Captive birds
9A
Commission Decision 2000/666/EC laying down the animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of birds, other than poultry and the conditions for quarantine (O.J. No. L278, 31.10.2000, p. 26) as read with or amended by—
Council Directive 92/65/EC;
Commission Decision 2001/383/EC (O.J. No. L137, 19.5.01, p. 28);
Commission Decision 2002/279/EC (O.J. No. L99, 16.04.02, p.17); and
the European International Instruments.
Relevant provisions: Articles 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 23rd August 2006.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 23rd August 2006.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)