(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is a second partial revocation of the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 13) (Scotland) Order 2002 (“the principal Order”) which prohibited–
(a)fishing for or taking scallops within the areas designated in the Schedule to the principal Order (article 4 of the principal Order);
(b)movement of such scallops out of the designated areas (article 5 of the principal Order); and
(c)landing, using in the preparation or processing for supply of food of, supplying and other specified activities in relation to, such scallops from the designated areas (article 6 of the principal Order).
The principal Order has already been partially revoked by the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 13) (Scotland) Order 2002 Partial Revocation Order 2003.
The effect of this Order is to remove the prohibitions in respect of the areas of sea designated as Areas 3, 4 and 5 in the Schedule to the principal Order.