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(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2009.
(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 authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt and references in these Regulations to “the Decision” are references to that Decision as amended from time to time;”.
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The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 28th January 2009.
John Speers
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
