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The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No.2) Order 1998 Partial Revocation (No.2) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/1067 · Made 30 March 1999

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PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND

PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

Made 30th March 1999

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

Laid before Parliament 6th April 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(1) and (2) and section 24(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 48; section 1(1) and (2) were amended by section 51(2)(a) and (b) of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16), and section 24(1) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to that Act; section 1(2) defines “designating authority” and section 24(1) defines “the Ministers”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Revocation
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 2) Order 1998 Partial Revocation (No. 2) Order 1999 and shall come into force at 18.00 hours on 30th March 1999.

2Revocation

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 2) Order 1998f1 insofar as it remains in force is revoked.

Signature

J R Wildgoose

Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office

Pentland House,

Edinburgh

30th April 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No.2) Order 1998 (“the principal Order”) insofar as it remains in force. The principal Order prohibited–

(a)

fishing for or taking scallops within the area designated in the Schedule to that Order (article 4);

(b)

movement of such scallops out of that area (article 5); and

(c)

landing, using in the preparation or processing for supply of food, supplying and other specified activities in relation to such scallops from the designated area within the United Kingdom (article 6).

The principal Order was partially revoked by the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 2) Order 1998 Partial Revocation Order 1999 which removed the prohibitions in respect of the area of sea designated in the Schedule to that Order.

The effect of this Order is to remove the prohibitions in respect of the remainder of the area of sea designated in the Schedule to the principal Order.