Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is made under section 13 of the Food Safety Act 1990 for the purpose of inserting certain provisions into the Food (Star Anise from Third Countries) (Emergency Control) (England) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/334).
This Order amends S.I. 2002/334 by—
inserting into article 3 (prohibitions of import) a provision which specifies the identity of the competent authority to which prior notification of star anise imported from third countries has to be given (article 3); and
inserting a reference to section 36 of the Food Safety Act 1990 (offences by bodies corporate) into article 5(1), the provision which applies certain provisions of that Act for the purposes of the instrument (article 4).
No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to this Order.