(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) and make amendments to the Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (S.R. 1995 No. 415) and the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017 No. 119) to enable the Department to authorise the marketing of vegetable plant material and fruit plant and propagating material from countries outside the European Union in certain circumstances.
Regulation 2 amends the Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 to provide that the Department may authorise the marketing of plant material from any country outside of the European Union if satisfied that the plant material has been produced under conditions equivalent to those required by those Regulations.
Regulation 3 amends the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 to provide that the Department may authorise the marketing of plant material from countries outside of the European Union if satisfied that the plant material has been produced under conditions equivalent to those required by those Regulations.
An Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument is available alongside the instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.