Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Revocation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2001 No. 342

PUBLIC HEALTH

Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Revocation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made

3rd October 2001

Coming into operation

3rd October 2001

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1) in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 1(1) and (2) and 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(2) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, being of the opinion that there no longer exist or may exist circumstances which are likely to create a hazard to human health through human consumption of food and that in consequence food which is derived or may be in the future derived from bivalve molluscs in the area described in the Order revoked by this Order is not, or may not be, or may not become, unsuitable for human consumption, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Revocation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 3rd October 2001.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Revocation

2.  The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001(4) is hereby revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 3rd October 2001.

L.S.

W. B. Smith

A Senior Officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order revokes the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 which contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of scallops or food which is derived from scallops originating in ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Area VIA which are within British fishery limits and which are adjacent to Northern Ireland.

(1)

Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3. See also section 25(2) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985; functions formerly exercisable by the Department of Agriculture (now the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; see Article 3 of S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)) are now exercisable by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety pursuant to paragraphs (5) and (6) of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c. 28 which amended the said section 25(2)

(2)

1985 c. 48; section 1(1) and (2) was amended by section 51(2)(a) and (b) of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16); section 1(2) was further amended by S.I. 1999/1756

(3)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

(4)

S.R. 2001 No. 296