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(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Organic Farming (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2010.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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(1) The Organic Farming Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation (2)(2)(b) remove the definition ““the Compendium of Organic Standards” means the Compendium of Organic Standards published by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in September 2006;”.
(3) In regulation (3)(1)(c) remove the words “the Compendium of Organic Standards”.
(4) In regulation (4)(2)(b) remove the words “the Compendium of Organic Standards and with”.
(5) In regulation (5)(1)(b) remove the words “with all relevant provisions of the Compendium of Organic Standards,”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 11th March 2010.
John Speers
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
