The Welfare of Battery Hens Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987
The Department of Agriculture, being a Department designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Economic Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(1) of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972(c) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf and after consultation with such persons...