UK Offence Report

The Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 1999 No. 261 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
8 June 1999
In force from
8 June 1999
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales
Made under
European Communities Act 1972

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 provide for the implementation in Northern Ireland, in relation to animal consumption, of the Commission Decision of 3rd June 1999 on protective measures with regards to contamination by dioxins of certain animal products intended for human or animal consumption. The Regulations— a define “controlled entity” and prohibit the carrying out of specified operations with respect thereto (regulations 2 and 3); b specify the enforcement authorities (regulation 4); and c apply, with modifications, provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (regulation 5). Contravention of the regulation 3 prohibitions is an offence punishable on summary conviction by a maximum fine of level 5 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a maximum of three months (regulation 3(3)).

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