European Communities (Sampling Methods and Methods of Analysis for the Official Control of the Levels of Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) (No. 2) Regulations 2006
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Sampling Methods and Methods of Analysis for the Official Control of the Levels of Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) (No. 2) Regulations 2006.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations:
“Act of 1998” means the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 (No. 29 of 1998);
“approved examiner” means:
(a) a Deputy Public Analyst located at a Public Analyst's Laboratory,
(b) a Public Analyst located at a Public Analyst's Laboratory,
(c) a Senior Chemist in the State Laboratory,
(d) an Executive Analytical Chemist located at a Public Analyst's Laboratory,
(e) the Senior Chemist in the Institute,
(f) the State Chemist in the State Laboratory, or
(g) a person or class of persons designated by the Minister pursuant to Regulation 17;
“authorised officer” means:
(a) an authorised officer appointed under section 49 of the Act of 1998,
(b) a person appointed by the Minister for Agriculture and Food to be an authorised officer for the purposes of these Regulations,
(c) a person appointed by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to be an authorised officer for the purposes of these Regulations,
(d) a person appointed as an authorised officer under the European Communities (Sampling Methods and the Methods of Analysis for the Official Control of the Levels of Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 401 of 2001 ), or under the European Communities (Sampling Methods and Methods of Analysis for the Official Control of the Levels of Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 267 of 2003 ), or under the European Communities (Sampling Methods and Methods of Analysis for the Official Control of the Levels of Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 68 of 2005 ), or under the European Communities (Sampling Methods and Methods of Analysis for the Official Control of the Levels of Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) (No. 2 Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 368 of 2005 ), and appointed as an authorised officer under the European Communities (Sampling Methods and Methods of Analysis for the Official Control of the Levels of Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) (No. 2 Regulations 2005 immediately before the coming into operation of the European Communities (Sampling Methods and Methods of Analysis for the Official Control of the Levels of Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 144 of 2006 ), or
(e) a person appointed as an authorised officer under the European Communities (Sampling Methods and Methods of Analysis for the Official Control of the Levels of Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2006, and appointed as an authorised officer immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations;
“Authority” means the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, established under section 9 of the Act of 1998;
“Directives” means Commission Directive 2001/22/EC1 of 8 March 2001 as amended by Commission Directive 2005/4/EC2 of 19 January 2005, Commission Directive 2002/69/EC3 of 30 July 2002 as amended by Commission Directive 2004/44/EC4 of 13 April 2004, Commission Directive 2004/16/EC5 of 12 February 2004 and Commission Directive 2005/10/EC6 of 4 February 2005;
“EC Instruments” means the Directives and the EC Regulation;
“EC Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 401/20067 of 23 February 2006 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of mycotoxins in foodstuffs;
“General Food Law Regulation” referred to at paragraph (2) means Regulation (EC) No. 178/20028 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002, laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety;
“Institute” means the Marine Institute, established under section 3 of the Marine Institute Act 1991 (No. 2 of 1991);
“Minister” means the Minister for Health and Children;
“official agency” means an official agency carrying out functions under a service contract and acting on behalf of the Authority pursuant to section 48 of the Act of 1998;
“Official Controls Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 882/20049 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules;
“official laboratory” means:
(a) the Institute
(b) the Public Analyst's Laboratory, Cork,
(c) the Public Analyst's Laboratory, Dublin,
(d) the Public Analyst's Laboratory, Galway,
(e) the State Laboratory,
(f) a laboratory designated by the Minister pursuant to Regulation 17;
“service contract” means a contract entered into between the Authority and an official agency pursuant to section 48 of the Act of 1998.
(2) A word or expression which is used in these Regulations and which is also used in the EC instruments or in the General Food Law Regulation has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the EC instruments or in the General Food Law Regulation.
(3) (a) A reference in these Regulations to a Regulation is to a Regulation of these Regulations, unless it is indicated that reference to some other Regulations is intended.
(b) A reference in these Regulations to a paragraph or subparagraph is to the paragraph or subparagraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.