1. In regulation 2(1)–
(a)after the definition of the “Act” there is inserted the following definition–
““the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;”; and
(b)in the definition of “designated bivalve production area”, for the words “the Ministers” there is substituted the words “the Agency”.
2.—(1) In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2) below, for the words “the Ministers”, wherever they occur in those provisions, there is substituted the words “the Agency”.
(2) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are–
(a)regulations 3(1) and (3), 4, 5(1) and (2), 6(1), 7(3) and (4), 11(4)(b) and (5), 12(2)(b) and (3), 14(2) and (4), 22(4) and 28(4)(c);
(b)in Schedule 2, paragraphs 4 and 12 of Section III of Chapter IV, paragraph 1(a) of section IV of Chapter IV and paragraph 8 of Chapter V; and
(c)in Schedule 3, paragraph 3B(2) of Section II of Chapter V.
(3) In regulation 3(2) for the words “Ministers have” there is substituted the words “Agency has”.
3. In regulations 6(2) and 52(1), for the words “the Ministers” and “them”, wherever they occur in each of those provisions, there is substituted respectively the words “the Agency” and “it”.
4. In regulation 52(2)(b)–
(a)for the words “the Ministers”, where they first occur, there is substituted the words “the Agency”; and
(b)for the words “the Ministers require the food authority to undertake on their behalf” there is substituted the words “the Agency requires the food authority to undertake on its behalf”.
5. In regulation 52(3)–
(a)for the words “the Ministers” there is substituted the words “the Agency”; and
(b)for the words “assigned to them” there is substituted the words “assigned to it or, as the case may be, them”.
6. In paragraph 5 of Chapter III of Schedule 2, for the words “the Minister” there is substituted the words “the Agency”.
7. In paragraph 1 of Chapter VI of Schedule 2–
(a)for the words “the Ministers” there is substituted the words “the Agency”; and
(b)for the words “their” there is substituted the words “its”.