# The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000

S.S.I. 2000/449 · made 21 December 2000

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, amend the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996.

Made under: Food Safety Act 1990 (Section 16, Section 17, Section 26, Section 48)

## Introductory text

FOOD
Made 21st December 2000
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22nd December 2000
Coming into force 1st January 2001
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(f), 17(2), 26 and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B) of that Act hereby make the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

## 2 Amendments to the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996

(1) The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 are amended in accordance with the following paragraph of this regulation.
(2) The following regulation is inserted after regulation 3 (prohibition of sale of meat from older bovine animals):–
“Enforcement of Article 2.1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2777/2000
3A No person shall contravene Article 2.1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2777/2000 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market.”.

## Signature

SUSAN C. DEACON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
21st December 2000

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of these Regulations)
These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, amend the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996.
These Regulations provide for the enforcement of Article 2.1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2777/2000 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market (regulation 2(2)). Article 2.1, which will cease to have effect on 30th June 2001, provides that meat from bovine animals aged more than 30 months and slaughtered in the European Community after 1st January 2001 can only be released for human consumption or for export if tested negatively for bovine spongiform encephalopathy by an approved rapid test as referred to in Annex IV(A) to Commission Decision 98/272/EC (O.J. No. L 122, 24.4.98, p.59). Annex IV(A) was inserted into that Decision by Commission Decision 2000/374/EC (O.J. No. 135, 8.6.00, p.27).
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared in respect of these Regulations.

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