Pesticides (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.R. No. 118 of 2019). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword Food quality control/food safety Residues MRL-maximum residue limit Pesticides Planting material/seeds Plant production Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations make amendments to Northern Ireland subordinate legislation in the field of pesticides and, in particular, amend legislation relating to plant protection products and the maximum residue levels of pesticides. The amendments address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies, in Northern Ireland legislation relating to pesticides, arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. Regulation 6 of the 2008 Regulations now makes it an offence to a) place on the market as food or feed, or (b) feed to any animal, any product listed in Section A or B of a list in Part 1 of the MRLs register in relation to Northern Ireland. The Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 are amended in provisions concerning treated seeds. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements European Union (Withdrawal) Act (2018 C.16). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2018 Keyword: Basic legislation, Institution, Governance, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amends Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. No. 433 of 2008). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2008 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Inspection, Offences/penalties, Pesticides, Animal feed/feedstuffs Source: FAO, FAOLEX Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. No. 295 of 2011). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011 Keyword: Plant protection, Biosecurity, Pesticides, Institution, Biological control agents, Offences/penalties, Environmental fees/charges Source: FAO, FAOLEX