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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (National Limits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, and shall come into operation on 30th June 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 Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (National Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended as provided in regulations 3 and 4.
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In Schedule 1 for the residues stated in column 2 opposite the pesticide Dicofol there shall be substituted the words “sum of P, P' and O, P' isomers”.
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In Schedule 2—
(a) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Diazinon per kilogramme of the products specified shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Early potatoes, Ware potatoes, Meat, fat and preparations of meat, Milk and Dairy produce;
(b) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Dicofol per kilogramme of the products specified shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Apricots, Peaches (including nectarines and similar hybrids), Plums, Currants (red, black and white), Garlic and Cultivated mushrooms;
(c) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Endosulfan per kilogramme of the products specified shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Strawberries (other than wild), Blackberries, Currants (red, black and white), Gooseberries, Early potatoes and Ware potatoes; and
(d) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Triazophos per kilogramme of the products specified shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Garlic, Onions, Shallots, Brussels sprouts, Head cabbage, Early potatoes and Ware potatoes.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on
L. G. McKibben
Assistant Secretary
19th May 1997.