Introductory text

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State being Ministers designated^f1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by that section in so far as these Regulations could not have been made under the powers mentioned below;

And the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 16(1)(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) and (3), 17(1), 26, 48(1) and 49(2) of, and paragraphs 5 and 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990^f3, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of that Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations;