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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 31st March 1997.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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The Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.
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In regulation 4 (Enforcement authorities) there shall be inserted at the end the following paragraph—“
(5) In this regulation “sale” includes possession for sale and offer, exposure or advertisement for sale.”.
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After regulation 7 (United Kingdom official mark) there shall be inserted the following regulation—“
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(1) The official mark for the purposes of the bands and labels referred to in Article 21(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1274/91 shall consist of the letters “UK”, each letter being 1 centimetre high and surrounded by a line describing an oval.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of any band or label affixed outside Northern Ireland.”.
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In the Schedule (Community Provisions) there shall be inserted in paragraph 2 at the end the following entry—“
(g) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2401/95O.J. No. L246, 13.10.95, p. 6”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on
L. McKibben
Assistant Secretary
26th February 1997.