1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
2.—(1) The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996(1) are amended in accordance with the following paragraph of this regulation.
(2) The following regulation is inserted after regulation 3 (prohibition of sale of meat from older bovine animals):–
3A. No person shall contravene Article 2.1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2777/2000 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market(2).”.
SUSAN C. DEACON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
21st December 2000