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The Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2015

S.I. 2015/444 · Made 3 March 2015

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Constitutional Law

Devolution, Scotland

Food

Made 3rd March 2015

Laid before Parliament 4th March 2015

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 104, 112(1), 113(5) and 114(1) of the Scotland Act 1998f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c.46.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Status of the Food Standards Scotland as part of the Scottish Administration
  3. 3Construction of references to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2015.

(2)

This Order comes into force on the day on which section 1 of the Food (Scotland) Act 2015f1 comes into force.

2Status of the Food Standards Scotland as part of the Scottish Administration

Food Standards Scotlandf1 is part of the Scottish Administration.

3Construction of references to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration

(1)

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in the Scotland Act 1998 and any other enactment (except the Crown Suits (Scotland) Act 1857f1) to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration are to be taken to include a reference to Food Standards Scotland.

(2)

Paragraph (1) applies whether or not the enactment defines the expression “office-holder in the Scottish Administration” by reference to the Scotland Act 1998 or any specific provision of that Act.

Signature

David Mundell

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland

Scotland Office

Dover House

London

3rd March 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision consequential on the Food (Scotland) Act 2015 which establishes Food Standards Scotland and makes provision as to its functions.

Article 2 provides that Food Standards Scotland is part of the Scottish Administration.

Article 3 provides that references in the Scotland Act 1998 and any other enactments to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration are to be taken as including references to Food Standards Scotland, unless the context otherwise requires. It also provides that the Crown Suits (Scotland) Act 1857 does not apply to Food Standards Scotland with the effect that the Lord Advocate cannot be sued in the place of Food Standards Scotland.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.