UK Offence Report

Drinking Milk Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (revoked)

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 1998 No. 359 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
15 October 1998
In force from
1 December 1998
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations make provisions for the enforcement and execution of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2597/97 laying down additional rules on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products for drinking milk (“the Council Regulation”). The Regulations— a prohibit the sale or delivery of milk, or the use of or failure to use a sales description for any product, in contravention of the Council Regulation (regulation 3); b prohibit the importation from outside the European Community of a product for sale as drinking milk in contravention of the Council Regulation (regulation 4); c specify the enforcement authority (regulation 5) and create offences and prescribe a penalty (regulation 6); d provide a defence in relation to exports, in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Council Directive 89/397/EEC (O.J. No. L186, 30.6.89, p. 23) on the official control of foodstuffs, as read with the ninth recital to that Directive (regulation 7); e apply various provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (regulation 8); f revoke the statutory provisions specified in the Schedule to the extent specified (regulation 9), and make consequential amendments (regulation 10).

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