Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. No. 59 of 2007)

S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2007 No. 59 ANIMALS The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 Made - - - - 2nd February 2007 Coming into operation - 1st March 2007 The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development being a Department designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 56(1), (2) and (5) of the Finance Act 1973(c) and with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, makes the following Regulations— Citation, commencement and interpretation 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007, and come into operation on 1st March 2007. (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(d) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of The Animals and Animals Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 2. In regulation 15(6) of The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(e), for “1st January 2007” there shall be substituted “1st April 2007”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 2nd February 2007 E. Redmond A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (a) S.I. 2000/2812 (b) 1972 c. 68 (c) 1973 c. 51 (d) 1954 c. 33 (N.I.) (e) S.R. 2006 No. 401 2 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 2nd February 2007 Jack Layberry A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No. 401) (“the principal Regulations”). Regulation 2 amends regulation 15(6) of the principal Regulations so as to give effect to the extension until 1st April 2007 of the current European Union ban on the import of captive birds from outside the European Union. The ban is provided for in Community legislation under Commission Decision 2005/760/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain third countries for the import of captive birds (O.J. No. L285, 28.10.2005, p.52), as amended, in particular by Commission Decision 2005/862/EC and by Commission Decision 2007/21/EC (O.J. No. L7, 12.1.2007, p.44), which gives effect to the extension of the ban. Published and printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office being the Government Printer for Northern Ireland and the Officer appointed to print the Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Dd. N3060. C2. 2/07. Gp. 130. 14567.