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The Organic Farming (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule

Publication 2008-11-06

State In force

Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

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Made: 6th November 2008

Coming into operation: 1st January 2009

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Organic Farming (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2009.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[^f00003] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment to the Organic Farming Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

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(1) The Organic Farming Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008[^f00004] shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 2 of regulation 2 (Interpretation), for the definition of “the Council Regulation”, substitute – “means Council Regulation (EEC) No 834/2007[^f00005] of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91””.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 6th November 2008.

John Speers — A senior officer of the — Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Organic Farming Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 by amending the interpretation of “the Council Regulation” to take account of the introduction of Council Regulation (EEC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007, which repeals and replaces Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 from 1 January 2009.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2000/2812 and S.I. 2000/3238

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68

[^f00003]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^f00004]: S.R. 2008 No.172

[^f00005]: O.J. L 189, 20.7.2007, p.1, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 967/2008 (O.J. L 264, 3.10.2008, p.1)

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