The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 2003

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 375

PUBLIC HEALTH

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 2003

Made

28th July 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

30th July 2003

Coming into force

1st August 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2) and 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st August 2003.

(2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (Scotland) Order 1991(2).

Revocation

2.—(1) The principal Order is revoked in so far as it designates any part of the area set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2) Part II of Schedule 1 to the principal Order shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 2 to this Order.

TOM McCABE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

28th July 2003

Article 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1

Central Region

The area of land within the former Stirling District, now Stirling Council area, comprising that part of the parish of Killin bounded as follows:–

• On the north from point national grid reference NN492327; then in a southerly direction to point national grid reference NN492325; then in a south-easterly direction to point national grid reference NN509314; then in a south-easterly direction to point national grid reference NN516312; then in a southerly direction to point national grid reference NN519294 on the River Dochart; then south-westerly by the said River Dochart to the point national grid reference NN504287; then in a generally north-westerly direction to the Auchlyne West Burn at point national grid reference NN496301; then in a north-westerly direction by the said Burn to point national grid reference NN486306 where the Burn diverges; then in a north-westerly direction by said Burn to point national grid reference NN481318; then in a generally westerly direction by the unnamed burn to point national grid reference NN470319; then in a north-westerly direction by the unnamed burn to point national grid reference NN466324; then in a generally westerly direction to point national grid reference NN454324; then in a north-easterly direction to the summit of Meall a Churain at spot height 917; then in a north-easterly direction to the summit at spot height 881; then in an easterly direction to the summit at spot height 864; then in a south-easterly direction to point national grid reference NN492327.

Article 2(2)

SCHEDULE 2

Strathclyde Region

For paragraph 2(j) of Part II of Schedule 1 to the principal Order substitute the following–

“(j) The area of land within the former Kilmarnock and Loudoun District, now North Ayrshire Council area, comprising that part of the Parish of Galston bounded as follows:–

• On the north from the Glenoul Burn at point national grid reference NS578360 continuing in a north-easterly direction to point national grid reference NS588362; then generally in a southerly direction to point national grid reference NS590355 and continuing along the water-course in a south-easterly direction until it meets the Dubs Burn at point national grid reference NS 594354; then continuing along the said Burn in a southerly direction to point national grid reference NS585328 on the boundary between the former Kilmarnock and Loudoun District, now North Ayrshire Council area; and the former Cumnock and Doon Valley District , now East Ayrshire Council area; then following the said boundary in a northerly and westerly direction until it meets the Logan Burn; then continuing in a northerly direction by the said Burn until it meets the Glenoul Burn; and then continuing in a northerly direction by the Burn to point national grid reference NS578360.”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which forms part of Scots law only, is a partial revocation of the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Order 1991.

That Order contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food which has been, or which may have been, rendered unsuitable for that purpose in consequence of the escape of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor situated at Chernobyl in the Ukraine.

The effect of this Order is to reduce the area which is subject to restriction.

(1)

1985 c. 48; section 1(1) and (2) was amended by section 51(2)(a) and (b) of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16); section 1(2) defines “designating authority”; section 1(2) was further amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1756), Schedule, paragraph 10(2) and (3), the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28), Schedule 5, paragraph 6 and the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2040), Schedule, Part I, paragraph 12.

(2)

S.I. 1991/20, partially revoked by S.I. 1991/2776, 1993/13, 1994/50, 1995/48, 1996/31, 1997/62, 1998/82, 1999/80 and S.S.I. 2001/313.