The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Salmon and Migratory Trout) Order 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food rendered unsuitable for that purpose by virtue of salmon and migratory trout having been affected by oil and other chemical pollutants.

The Order designates areas, being specified rivers and streams in the Counties of Dyfed and West Glamorgan, within which taking salmon and migratory trout is prohibited (articles 3 and 4 and the Schedule). It also prohibits the movement of salmon and migratory trout out of those areas (article 5). Other restrictions are imposed throughout the United Kingdom in relation to the use of any salmon and migratory trout taken from those areas (article 6).

Under section 21 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 the penalty for contravening an emergency prohibition is—

(a) on summary conviction, a fine of an amount not exceeding the statutory maximum (at present £5,000);

(b) on conviction on indictment, an unlimited fine, or imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or both.

Powers of enforcement in relation to emergency prohibitions are conferred by section 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1985 Act. Obstruction of enforcement officers is an offence under paragraph 10 of that Schedule.

Maps showing the designated areas are available for inspection during normal office hours at the offices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at 5, Hamilton Terrace, Milford Haven, Dyfed SA73 2AL and at the offices of the Welsh Office Agriculture Department at Cathays Park, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF1 3NQ.