The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

2.—(1) For regulation 3(4) there is substituted–

(4) Any charge notified to an occupier under paragraph (1), (2) or (3) above shall be payable by him to the Scottish Ministers and shall be recoverable on demand by the Scottish Ministers, or by the Agency acting on their behalf, as a debt from the occupier concerned..

(2) For regulation 3(10) there is substituted–

(10) Where, under paragraph (3)(b) or (5) above a sum is to be credited to an occupier, the Scottish Ministers, or the Agency acting on their behalf, may if they so determine pay such sum to the occupier concerned instead of crediting it to him..