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

11.—(1) In regulation 34(1), for the words “appeal to the Minister against the amount of the charge” there is substituted the following–

“(a) in the case of a charge for a health inspection and control exercise carried out otherwise than in relation to any function of the Agency, appeal to the Scottish Ministers, against the amount of the charge; and

(b) in case of a charge for a health inspection and control exercise carried out in relation to any function of the Agency, appeal to the Agency against the amount of the charge.”.

(2) In regulation 34(2) for the words “the Minister” there is substituted the words “the Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, the Agency”.

(3) In paragraph (4) of regulation 34–

(a) for the words “the Minister”, in the first place where they occur in that paragraph, there is substituted the words “the Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, the Agency”; and

(b) for the words “the Minister”, in the second place, where they occur in that paragraph, there is substituted the words “the Scottish Ministers.”

(4) In paragraph (5) of regulation 34, for the words “the Minister” there is substituted the words “the Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, the Agency”.