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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 13th October 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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In the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 in Schedule 4, Part I (Requirements for an official label)—
(a) for paragraph 1(c) there shall be substituted—“
(c) set out:
 EC Rules and Standards
 Certification authority
 Member State
 Country of production
 Basic Seed Potatoes
 Class
 Community grade (as appropriate)
 Merchant’s number
 Grower’s number
 Variety indicated at least in Roman characters
 Size
 Net weight
 Month and year of sealing.”
(b) after paragraph 1 there shall be added the following paragraph—“
2 
Official labels printed prior to 13th October 1997 with the abbreviation “EEC” instead of “EC” may be used until 31st December 2001.”.
3 
Regulation 12(a) of the Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 is hereby revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on
R. S. Johnston
Assistant Secretary
5th September 1997.