1. In regulation 2(1) after the definition of “the Act” there is inserted the following definition–
““the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;”.
2.—(1) In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2) below for the words “the Minister”, wherever they occur in those provisions, there is substituted the words “the Agency”.
(2) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are the definition of “OVS” in regulation 2(1), and regulations 4(1), (2), (3), (4) and (6A) to (10), (11)(b)(i) and (ii), (12) and (13), 5(1), (1)(a) and (e), (2) and (3), 6(1), (3) and (4), 8(1), (2) and (3), 9(1), (2) and (4), 11(1), 12(1), (2), (3) and (5), 13(3)(b), 19(1) and (2), 20(1)(d), 21(2)(b) and (3) and paragraph 1(b) of Part I of Schedule 6, paragraphs 13 and 14 of Part IX of Schedule 10, paragraph 2(d) of Schedule 14, paragraph 2 of Schedule 16 and paragraphs 2(3), 3 and 4 of Schedule 21.
(3) In regulation 6(1), for the words “the Minister's” there is substituted the words “the Agency's”.
3. In the definition of “veterinary officer” in regulation 2(1), for the words “the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food” there is substituted the words “the Agency”.
4.—(1) In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2) below for the word “him”, where that word this relates to “the Minister”, there is substituted the words “the Agency”.
(2) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are regulations 4(2) and 5(1).
5.—(1) In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2) below for the word “his”, where that word relates to “the Minister”, there is substituted the word “its”.
(2) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are regulations 4(4) and (5), (12), 5(2)(a) and 9(4).
6.—(1) In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2) below for the word “he”, where that word this relates to “the Minister”, there is substituted the words “the Agency”.
(2) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are regulations 4(2)(a)(i) to (vi), (b) and (5), 5(1), 9(2) and 12(2).
7. In paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 21 for the words “the appropriate Minister” there is substituted the words “the Agency”.
8. For regulation 23 that is substituted–
“23. These Regulations shall be enforced and executed in Scotland by the Agency.”