The Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations —

“authorised lettuce” means lettuce of the kind specified in point 1.3 of section 1 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation, which complies with the conditions of the derogation under Article 3b.2 of that Regulation in relation to the United Kingdom;

“authorised officer” means any person, whether or not an officer of a district council, who is authorised by it in writing to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

“authorised spinach” means spinach of the kind specified in point 1.1 of section 1 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation, which complies with the conditions of the derogation under Article 3b.1 of that Regulation in relation to the United Kingdom;

“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs(1) as corrected by a corrigendum published on 30th November 2001(2), and as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 2375/2001(3), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 221/2002(4), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 257/2002(5), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 472/2002(6) as corrected by a corrigendum published on 23rd March 2002(7), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 563/2002(8) as corrected by a corrigendum published on 14th June 2002(9), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1425/2003(10), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2174/2003(11), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 242/2004(12), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 455/2004(13), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 655/2004(14), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 683/2004(15), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 684/2004(16), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 78/2005(17), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 123/2005(18), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 208/2005(19),Commission Regulation (EC) No. 856/2005(20) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1822/2005(21),and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 199/2006(22);

“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

(2) Any other expression used in these Regulations and in the Commission Regulation has the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in the Commission Regulation.

(1)

OJ No. L77, 16.3.2001, p.1

(2)

OJ No. L313, 30.11.2001, p.60

(3)

OJ No. L321, 6.12.2001, p.1

(4)

OJ No. L37, 7.2.2002, p.4

(5)

OJ No. L41, 13.2.2002, p.12

(6)

OJ No. L75, 16.3.2002, p.18

(7)

OJ No. L80, 23.3.2002, p.42

(8)

OJ No. L86, 3.4.2002, p.5

(9)

OJ No. L155, 14.6.2002, p.63

(10)

OJ No. L203, 12.8.2003, p.1

(11)

OJ No. L326, 13.12.2003, p.12

(12)

OJ No. L42, 13.2.2004, p.3

(13)

OJ No. L74, 12.3.2004, p.11

(14)

OJ No. L104, 8.4.2004, p.48

(15)

OJ No. L106, 15.4.2004, p.3

(16)

OJ No. L106, 15.4.2004, p. 6

(17)

OJ No. L16, 20.1.2005, p.43

(18)

OJ No. L25, 28.1.2005, p.3

(19)

OJ No. L34, 8.2.2005, p.3

(20)

OJ No. L143, 7.6.2005, p.3

(21)

OJ No. L293, 9.11.2005, p.11

(22)

OJ No. L32, 4.2.2006, p 34