The Organic Products (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 405

AGRICULTURE

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY

The Organic Products (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Made

25th February 1993

Laid before Parliament

8th March 1993

Coming into force

29th March 1993

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Economic Community, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—

Title and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Organic Products (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 29th March 1993.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Organic Products Regulations 1992(3).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

3.  In regulation 7 paragraphs (1) and (2) respectively, for the words “a Specified Community provision” there shall be substituted “regulation 6(2) above”.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on

L.S.

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

25th February 1993.

Hector Monro

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office

23rd February 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 7(1) and (2) of the Organic Products Regulations 1992 by substituting for the reference to “a Specified Community provision” a reference to the offence-creating provision in regulation 6(2).

(1)

S.I. 1972/1811.

(2)

1972 c. 68.

(3)

S.I. 1992/2111.