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1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)Regulation 8 of the Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (England) Regulations 2014 (payment entitlements) is amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph 1(a)—
2Amendment of the Biocidal Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001#
The Biocidal Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 shall be amended as follows.
(1)Regulation 8 of the Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (England) Regulations 2014 (payment entitlements) is amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph 1(a)—
(a)after the definition of “feedingstuff”, insert—“• “the fifth review regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1451/2007;”
(b)
(c)for the definition of “placing on the market” substitute—“• “placing on the market” means—(a) any supply, whether in return for payment or not, within Northern Ireland; or(b) importation of a biocidal product into Northern Ireland; or(c) any subsequent storage other than storage followed by—(a) consignment from the customs territory of the European Community; or(b) disposal,and “on the market” shall be construed accordingly;; and”
(d)a contest notice has been sent to the Official Journal in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purpose of regulation 79 of those Regulations.
(3)In paragraph (3) of regulation 3, for the opening words, substitute “A farmer who has a holding situated in more than one territory on the last date on which the single application may be submitted may request that the competent authority is”.
(a)for “15th May” substitute “15th June”; and
(b)
(4)Where a measure taken by another relevant state in respect of a pyrotechnic article is considered justified by the European Commission under Article 40(1) of the Directive (as amended from time to time), the market surveillance authority must take the necessary measures to ensure that the pyrotechnic article is withdrawn from the market in Northern Ireland.
(a)for “15th May” substitute “15th June”; and
(b)for paragraph 2, substitute —“2 Where there is more than one paying agency across the constituent nations, the electronic register may be operated at paying agency level. The relevant authority will ensure that its register is compatible with the registers of the other paying agencies.”
(c)after paragraph (3) insert—“4 Where a decision under Article 16(2) to include an existing active substance in Annex I or IA sets a date for compliance with Article 16(3) which is later than 14th May 2014, paragraph (1) shall continue to apply in relation to biocidal products that include that active substance until the date set in that decision.”
(5)Where the market surveillance authority is not the Secretary of State and it has taken action under paragraph (3) or (4), it must inform the Secretary of State.
(6)Where the Secretary of State receives a notice under paragraph (5) or has taken action under paragraphs (3) or (4), the Secretary of State must inform the European Commission of the action taken in respect of Northern Ireland.
(7)If a measure taken by an enforcing authority pursuant to regulation 57 is considered unjustified by the European Commission under Article 40(1) of the Directive (as amended from time to time), the enforcing authority must withdraw that measure in respect of Northern Ireland.
(a)for “15th May” substitute “15th June”; and
(b)after paragraph (r), insert—“s the Medical Devices Regulations 2002;t the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.”
(8)In regulation 6(7)(b) for “ecclesiastical goods” substitute “ objects belonging to inventories of ecclesiastical or other religious institutions ”.
(a)after the definition of “claim for benefit” there shall be inserted the following definition—“• “employment officer” means an officer of the Department, an officer of any other Department, or such other person as may be designated for the purposes of Article 10(1) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 by an order made by the Department;”
(b)after paragraph (1) insert –“1A Paragraph (1) shall not apply to Excepted Seed Marketed in Bulk.”
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(d)a contest notice has been sent to the Official Journal in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purpose of regulation 79 of those Regulations.
(e)at the end of sub-paragraph (e) insert “or”;
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