
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Beef Labelling (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 14th November 2005.
2 
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
3 

(1) The Beef Labelling (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 5, after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
(2A) A notice served pursuant to paragraph (2) shall state the right of appeal to a magistrates' court under regulation 12A and the period within which an appeal may be brought.”.
(3) After regulation 12 (Penalties) there shall be inserted the following regulation—“
12A. 

(1) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of an authorised officer to serve a notice pursuant to regulation 5(2) may appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction at any time before the expiration of one month beginning with the date on which the notice of the decision was served on the aggrieved person, and Part VII of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 shall apply accordingly.
(2) On appeal against a notice served pursuant to regulation 5(2), the court may either cancel or affirm the notice and, if the court affirms the notice, it may do so either in its original form or with such modifications as the court may, in the circumstances, think fit.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 13th October 2005.
David Small
Senior Officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
