Introductory text

FOOD

Made 21st December 2004

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22nd December 2004

Coming into force 29th January 2005

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a) and (e), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990^f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A)^f2 of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1990 c. 16; section 1(1) and (2) (definition of “food”) was substituted by S.I. 2004/2990; section 16(1) and 48(1) were amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) (“the 1999 Act”), section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 8; section 48(4) is disapplied in respect of these regulations by virtue of section 48(4C), inserted by S.I. 2004/2990; section 17(1) was amended by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12; and section 26(3) was amended by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Schedule 6. Amendments made by Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act shall be taken as pre commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) by virtue of section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
f2: Section 48(4A) was inserted by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 21.