1. These Regulations may be cited as the Reporting of Prices of Milk Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2008.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2005 laying down rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards communications between the Member States and the Commission in the milk and milk products sector(1), as amended from time to time;
“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
“milk processor” means a person operating an establishment which manufactures milk products;
“milk products” means the products listed in Annex VI to the Commission Regulation.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
3.—(1) A milk processor shall provide to the Department such information relating to the prices of milk products as the Department may by notice require for the purposes of Article 6 of the Commission Regulation.
(2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1) may require the milk processor to provide the information on a regular basis, and may specify when, and in what format, the information shall be provided.
4. A person who fails to comply with a notice referred to in regulation 3(1) shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
5. The Reporting of Prices of Milk Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(3) are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 3rd June 2008.
(L.S.)
Liam McKibben
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development