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These Regulations may be cited as the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2001.
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(1) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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In Schedule 2 Part I.1 to the principal Regulations after the entry relating to Council Directive 99/579/EC there shall be added the following entry—“
 Directive 2000/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L163, 4.7.00, p. 35);”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 3rd September 2001.
R. S. Johnston
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
