The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2020 No. 293

Plant Health

The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made

30th November 2020

Coming into operation

23rd December 2020

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is a Northern Ireland department 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 Union.

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972(3).

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears expedient to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for the references to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 and to the European Union instruments mentioned in regulation 3(1) to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

(1)

S.I. 2000/2812, which is prospectively revoked by S.I. 2018/1011 on IP completion day (see paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1).

(2)

1972 c. 68. The European Communities Act 1972 was repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) with effect from exit day, but saved with modifications until IP completion day by section 1A of that Act (as inserted by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1)). Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).

(3)

Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and amended by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7) and S.I. 2007/1388.