The Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made: 1st March 2010

Coming into operation: 13th April 2010

As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety[^f00004] there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of the following Regulations.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and come into operation on 13th April 2010.

• (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[^f00005] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Amendments to the Food Hygiene Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

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• (1) The Food Hygiene Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00006] are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

• (2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) for the references to the EU instruments appearing immediately after the definition of “the Community Regulations” there are substituted the following references—

“Decision 2006/766”, “Decision 2009/951”, “Directive 2004/41”, “Regulation 178/2002”, “Regulation 852/2004”, “Regulation 853/2004”, “Regulation 854/2004”, “Regulation 882/2004”, “Regulation 1688/2005”, “Regulation 2073/2005”, “Regulation 2074/2005”, “Regulation 2075/2005”, “Regulation 2076/2005”, “Regulation 1662/2006”, “Regulation 1663/2006”, “Regulation 1664/2006”, “Regulation 1666/2006”, “Regulation 1791/2006”, “Regulation 479/2007”, “Regulation 1243/2007”, “Regulation 1244/2007”, “Regulation 1245/2007”, “Regulation 1246/2007”, “Regulation 1441/2007”, “Regulation 439/2008”, “Regulation 1250/2008”, “Regulation 146/2009”, “Regulation 219/2009”, “Regulation 596/2009”, and “Regulation 669/2009” have the meanings respectively given to them in Schedule 1;

• (3) For Schedule 1 (definitions of Community legislation) there is substituted the Schedule (definitions of EU legislation) set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE — SCHEDULE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 1 TO THE FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2006

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 1st March 2010.

Andrew McCormick — A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Food Hygiene Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No. 3, as already amended)

These Regulations amend the Food Hygiene Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 to update the definitions of certain EU instruments by—

• (a) substituting references to specified EU instruments for the references to the EU instruments that currently appear after the definition of “the Community Regulations” in regulation2(1) (interpretation) (regulation 2(2)); and

• (b) substituting a revised Schedule1 (definitions of EU legislation) for the existing Schedule1 (definitions of Community legislation) (regulation 2(3)).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6)

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68

[^f00003]: S.I. 2003/2901

[^f00004]: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14)

[^f00005]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^f00006]: S.R. 2006 No. 3, as amended by S.R. 2007 No. 16

[^f00007]: OJ No. L320, 18.11.2006, p.53

[^f00008]: OJ No. L328, 15.12.2009, p.70

[^f00009]: OJ No. L157, 30.4.2004, p.33. The revised text of Directive 2004/41/EC is now set out in a Corrigendum (OJ No. L195, 2.6.2004, p.12)

[^f00010]: OJ No.L31, 1.2.2002, p.1

[^f00011]: OJ No.L139, 30.4.2004, p.1. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No.852/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (OJ No.L226, 25.6.2004, p.3) which should be read with a further Corrigendum (OJ No. L204, 4.8.2007, p.26)

[^f00012]: OJ No.L139, 30.4.2004, p.55. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No.853/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (OJ No.L226, 25.6.2004, p.22) which should be read with a further Corrigendum (OJ No. L204, 4.8.2007, p.26)

[^f00013]: OJ No.L139, 30.4.2004, p.206. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No.854/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (OJ No.L226, 25.6.2004, p.83) which should be read with a further Corrigendum (OJ No. L204, 4.8.2007, p.26)

[^f00014]: OJ No. L165, 30.4.2004, p.1. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (OJ No. L191, 28.5.2004, p.1) which should be read with a further Corrigendum (OJ No. L204, 4.8.2007, p.29)

[^f00015]: OJ No. L271, 15.10.2005, p.17

[^f00016]: OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p.1, as read with the corrigenda at OJ No. L278, 10.10.2006, p.32 and OJ No. L283, 14.10.2006, p.62

[^f00017]: OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p.27

[^f00018]: OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p.60

[^f00019]: OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p.83

[^f00020]: OJ No. L320, 18.11.2006, p.1

[^f00021]: OJ No. L320, 18.11.2006, p.11

[^f00022]: OJ No. L320, 18.11.2006, p.13

[^f00023]: OJ No. L320, 18.11.2006, p.47

[^f00024]: OJ No. L363, 20.12.2006, p.1

[^f00025]: OJ No. L111, 28.4.2007, 46

[^f00026]: OJ No. L281, 25.10.2007, p.8

[^f00027]: OJ No. L281, 25.10.2007, p.12

[^f00028]: OJ No. L281, 25.10.2007, p.19

[^f00029]: OJ No. L281, 25.10.2007, p.21

[^f00030]: OJ No. L322, 7.12.2007, p.12

[^f00031]: OJ No. L132, 22.5.2008, p.16

[^f00032]: OJ No. L337, 16.12.2008, p.31

[^f00033]: OJ No. L50, 21.2.2009, p.3

[^f00034]: OJ No. L87, 31.3.2009, p.109

[^f00035]: OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14

[^f00036]: OJ No. L194, 25.7.2009, p.11