Contents
1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Drinking Milk Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and come into operation on 1st July 2008.
2Interpretation#
(1)In these Regulations—• note...• “Article 114(2)” means Article 114(2) of the Council Regulation;• “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 and subject to repeal, savings and transitional arrangements given effect by Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;• “drinking milk” has the meaning given in point I(b) of Part IV ;• “milk” has the meaning given in point I(a) of the Annex;• “Part IV” means Part IV of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 adopted on the 16 December 2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, as amended from time to time.• “the 1991 Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991; and• “sell” includes possess for sale and offer, expose or advertise for sale.
(2)Other expressions used in these Regulations and in the Council Regulation or Part IV have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the Council Regulation or Part IV.
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(4)The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
3Sale or delivery of milk and use of sales description#
A person shall not—
(b)use or omit to use a sales description for any product,
in contravention of Article 114(2) or point II(1) and (2) of Part IV as read with point III of Part IV.
4Importation of products from outside the European Community for sale as drinking milk#
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5Enforcement#
Each district council shall execute and enforce the provisions of these Regulations within its district.
6Offences and penalties#
Any person who fails to comply with regulation 3 note... is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
7Application of provisions of the 1991 Order#
The following provisions of the 1991 Order shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in those provisions to the 1991 Order or Part thereof shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations—
(a)Article 2(4) (which relates to extended meaning of “sale”);
(b)Article 3 (application to food offered as prizes etc.);
(c)Article 4 (presumptions that food intended for human consumption);
(d)Article 19 (offences due to fault of another person);
(e)Article 20 (defence of due diligence) as it applies for the purposes of Article 13 or 14;
(f)Article 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);
(g)Article 34 (obstruction etc., of officers); and
(h)Article 36 (punishment of offences) in so far as it relates to offences under Article 34(1) and (2).
8Revocations#
The Drinking Milk Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 are revoked.
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