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(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 25th April 2008.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” refers to the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004.
(3) 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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(1) The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with paragraph 2.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) in paragraph (2), for the definition of “the Decision” substitute—““the Decision” means Commission Decision 2004/4/EC as amended by Commission Decision 2007/842/EC authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt, which repeals Commission Decision 96/301/EC.”
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The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 14th March 2008.
John Speers
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
