AGRICULTURE Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force— a as respects all regulations except for regulations 4(c), 7 and 8 on 1st July 1996; b as respects regulations 4(c) and 7 on 22nd August 1996; and c as respects regulation 8 on 31st October 1996. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 1994 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 9 of these Regulations. 3 The pesticides stated in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall be inserted in column 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations in their appropriate alphabetically ordered positions and, in relation to each such pesticide, there shall be entered in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations the residues stated in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations opposite that pesticide. 4 In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations— a the maximum level of 5 milligrammes of Thiabendazole per kilogramme of product specified for the product Ware potatoes, b the maximum level of 0.5 milligrammes of Pirimiphos-methyl per kilogramme of product specified for the products Grapefruits, Lemons, Limes, Mandarins (including clementines and similar hybrids), Oranges, Pomelos and Other Citrus Fruits, and c the maximum level of 5 milligrammes of Pirimiphos-methyl per kilogramme of product specified for the products Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Triticale, Maize, Rice and Other Cereals, shall be deleted. 5 In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, for the maximum level of 0.02* milligrammes of Lambda-cyhalothrin per kilogramme of product specified for the product Peas (without pods) there shall be substituted the maximum level of 0.2 milligrammes of Lambda-cyhalothrin per kilogramme of product. 6 In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted, in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, references to each pesticide stated at the head of a column in Schedule 2 to these Regulations together with the figures stated below the statement of that pesticide so that those figures will appear opposite such groups of products or such individual products in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as they appear opposite those products in Schedule 2 to these Regulations. 7 In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted, in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, references to each pesticide stated at the head of a column in Schedule 3 to these Regulations together with the figures stated below the statement of that pesticide so that those figures will appear opposite such groups of products or such individual products in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as they appear opposite those products in Schedule 3 to these Regulations. 8 The maximum levels of pesticides per kilogramme of the groups of products or individual products stated in Schedule 4 to these Regulations shall be inserted at the blank entries corresponding to those figures in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations. 9 In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations, after item 9 there shall be inserted, in the appropriate columns, the particulars which are specified in Schedule 5 to these Regulations. Angela Browning Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 4th June 1996 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 23rd May 1996