Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and come into operation on 13th April 2010.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Amendments to the Food Hygiene Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
2.—(1) The Food Hygiene Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(2) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) for the references to the EU instruments appearing immediately after the definition of “the Community Regulations” there are substituted the following references—
““Decision 2006/766”, “Decision 2009/951”, “Directive 2004/41”, “Regulation 178/2002”, “Regulation 852/2004”, “Regulation 853/2004”, “Regulation 854/2004”, “Regulation 882/2004”, “Regulation 1688/2005”, “Regulation 2073/2005”, “Regulation 2074/2005”, “Regulation 2075/2005”, “Regulation 2076/2005”, “Regulation 1662/2006”, “Regulation 1663/2006”, “Regulation 1664/2006”, “Regulation 1666/2006”, “Regulation 1791/2006”, “Regulation 479/2007”, “Regulation 1243/2007”, “Regulation 1244/2007”, “Regulation 1245/2007”, “Regulation 1246/2007”, “Regulation 1441/2007”, “Regulation 439/2008”, “Regulation 1250/2008”, “Regulation 146/2009”, “Regulation 219/2009”, “Regulation 596/2009”, and “Regulation 669/2009” have the meanings respectively given to them in Schedule 1;”.
(3) For Schedule 1 (definitions of Community legislation) there is substituted the Schedule (definitions of EU legislation) set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 1st March 2010.
Andrew McCormick
A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety