Introductory text

FOOD

Made 6th March 2006

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 7th March 2006

Coming into force 6th April 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(e) and (f), 17(2) and 26(1)(a) of the Food Safety Act 1990^f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A)^f2 of that Act to advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety^f3, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1990 c. 16; section 1(1) and (2) (definition of “food”) was substituted by S.I. 2004/2990; section 17(2) was amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12; section 48(4) is disapplied in respect of these Regulations by virtue of section 48(4C) which was inserted by S.I. 2004/2990; amendments made by Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act shall be taken as pre-commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) (“the 1998 Act”) by virtue of section (2) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State, so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. In so far as not so transferred, those functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/849).
f2: Section 48(4A) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act.
f3: O.J. No. L 31, 1.2.02, p.1.