The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 No. 62

SCHEDULE 4 REGULATIONS RELATING TO MEAT HYGIENE, ETC.: CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS

PART VIII Consequential modifications to the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996

1.  In regulation 2(1), the following definition is inserted in the appropriate alphabetical position–

““the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;”.

2.  In regulation 4(1) and (2), for the words “the Minister” there is substitutedthe words “the Agency”.

3.  In regulation 5(2), after the words “the Minister” there is inserted the words “the Agency”.

4.  For regulation 7 there is substituted–

“7.   In premises in Scotland licensed under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 these Regulations shall be enforced and executed by the Agency and, in any other premises in Scotland, shall be enforced and executed by the food authority in whose area those premises are situated.”

5.  In Part II of Schedule 1–

(a) in paragraph 1, for the words “the Minister” there is substituted the words “the Agency”; and

(b) in paragraph 5, for the words “the Minister” there is substituted the words “the Agency”.