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Explanatory note

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(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.