Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd January, 2017.

I, MARY MITCHELL O’CONNOR, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

2. Regulation 48 of the European Communities (Safety of Toys) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 14 of 2011 ), is amended by substituting for paragraph (9) the following paragraph—

“(9) A person who contravenes Regulation 35 commits an offence”.

GIVEN under my official seal,

21 December 2016.

MARY MITCHELL O’CONNOR,

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations rectify a mistake in a cross-reference in Regulation 48(9) of S.I. 14 of 2011 which transposed Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 relating to toy safety. Regulation 48(9) had mistakenly referred to Regulation 36 instead of Regulation 35.

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