The Imported Food Regulations 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 2537

FOOD

The Imported Food Regulations 1997

Made

23rd October 1997

Laid before Parliament

24th October 1997

Coming into force

17th November 1997

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales, acting jointly in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1), 17(1), 18(1)(c), 26(2)(e) and (3), and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990(1) and in each case in exercise of all other powers respectively enabling them in that behalf, after consultation (in so far as is required) in accordance with section 48(4) of the Food Safety Act 1990 with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected, hereby make the following Regulations:—

(1)

1990 c. 16; section 6(4) of the 1990 Act was amended by section 31 of and paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40). See section 4(1) of the 1990 Act which contains a definition of “the Ministers” which is relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of these Regulations.