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Order made by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety and laid before the Assembly under section 1(8) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 for approval by resolution of the Assembly before the expiration of twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which the Order was made, subject to extension for periods of dissolution or recess for more than four days.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Made 8th August 2001

Coming into operation 8th August 2001

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety^f1 in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 1(1) and (2) and 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985^f2 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, being of the opinion in accordance with section 1(1) of that Act that there exist or may exist circumstances which are likely to create a hazard to human health through human consumption of food and that in consequence food which is derived or may be in the future derived from bivalve molluscs in the area described in the following Order is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption, hereby makes the following Order:—

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f1: Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3. See also section 25(2) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985; functions formerly exercisable by the Department of Agriculture (now the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; see Article 3 of S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)) are now exercisable by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety pursuant to paragraphs (5) and (6) of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) which amended the said section 25(2)
f2: 1985 c. 48; section 1(1) and (2) was amended by section 51(2)(a) and (b) of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16); section 1(2) was further amended by S.I. 1999/1756