The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 No. 1286

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Amendments for the purpose of, and in connection with, implementing the EEA EFTA free trade agreement

PART 4 U.K. Amendments in relation to food examiners

Amendments to the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 U.K.

9.—(1) The Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), at the appropriate place, insert—

““specified state” means one of the states listed in Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023;”.

(3) In Schedule 2 (qualifications of food examiners)—

(a) in paragraph 6 of Part 1, for “in another Member State” substitute “in a Member State of the European Union or in a specified state”; and

(b) in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Part 2, for “another Member State” substitute “a Member State of the European Union or of a specified state”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 9 in force at 1.12.2023, see reg. 1

(1)

S.R. 2013 No. 66, to which there are amendments but none is relevant to these Regulations.