Contaminants in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.I. No. 296 of 2013)

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. 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 2013 No. 296 FOOD The Contaminants in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 Made - - - - 12th December 2013 Coming into operation 17th January 2014 The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1), 16(1) and (2), 25(1)(a) and 3 and 47(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(2). In accordance with Article 47(3A) of that Order, it has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency. Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Contaminants in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and come into operation on 17th January 2014. Amendment of the Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 2. (1) The Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013(3) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) For regulation 2(3) substitute— “(3) Subject to regulation 2(4), any reference to an EU instrument is a reference to it as amended at the date of making these Regulations.”. (1) Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6) (2) S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1663 (N.I.12), paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c.28 and S.R. 2004 Nos. 482 and 505 (3) S.R. 2013 No. 229 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1999/283 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1991/762 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/1663 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/28 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2004/482 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2004/505 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2013/229 Document Generated: 2013-12-19 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. 2 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 12th December 2013. Linda Devlin A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Document Generated: 2013-12-19 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations make a minor amendment to regulation 2(3) of the Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013 No. 229) in order to correct an error therein. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2013/229