{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-radioactivity-in-sheep-england-order-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-radioactivity-in-sheep-england-order-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/6",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (England) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-radioactivity-in-sheep-england-order-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Order made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, laid before Parliament under section 1(8) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament within twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which the Order was made, subject to extension for periods of dissolution, prorogation or adjournment for more than four days.\nPUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES\nPUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND\nPUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND\nCONTAMINATION OF FOOD\nMade 10th January 1991\nlaid before Parliament 11th January 1991\nComing into force 14th January 1991\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1) and (2) and 24(1) and (3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, and of all other powers enabling him 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 or may be in the future derived from sheep in the area described in Schedule 1 to the following Order is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 48.; section 1 was amended by section 51 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 sections 24(1) and 25(2) define “the Ministers”."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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