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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and come into operation on 29th February 2012.
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The Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 are amended as follows:
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In regulation 2(1) (general interpretation) after the definition of “Regulation 1107/2009” insert—“
 “the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs :”.
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Regulation 24(4) shall be deleted.
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In Schedule 1 (Power of Authorised Persons), paragraph 8(1)(a) and 8(3) for “regulations 8 to 18” substitute “regulation 22”.
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In Schedule 1 (Power of Authorised Persons), paragraph 8(1)(b) for “unlikely” substitute “likely”.
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In Schedule 2 (Adjuvants) for “the Department” wherever it appears, substitute “the Secretary of State”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 16th January 2012
John Speers
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
