Regulation 32 Safeguard

The Scottish Ministers may serve a prohibition notice under section 110 of the Act to prohibit an act which is authorised by a consent granted F1by them under section 111(1) of the Act F2, by an authorisation under the Food and Feed Regulation, or by a consent granted in respect of a pre-exit approved product, only if their opinion that doing such an act would involve a risk of causing damage to the environment is based on detailed grounds as the result of either–

Where, in the circumstances described in paragraph (1), the Scottish Ministers consider that the risk of damage being caused to the environment is severe they shall serve a prohibition notice requiring such measures to be taken as they may consider appropriate and once any work required by the notice has been carried out they shall enter details of that work on the register.

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References in this regulation to the Scottish Ministers exercising a function under section 110 of the Act shall, in any case to which section 126(3) (requirement to act jointly with F4Food Standards Scotland) of the Act applies, be treated as references to the Scottish Ministers and Food Standards Scotland acting jointly.