The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 2) (Scotland) Partial Revocation (No. 5) Order 2000

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 435

PUBLIC HEALTH

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic ShellfishPoisoning) (West Coast) (No. 2) (Scotland) Partial Revocation (No. 5) Order2000

Made

29th November 2000

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

4th December 2000

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section1(1) and (2) and section 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act1985(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf,hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions)(Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 2) (Scotland) PartialRevocation (No. 5) Order 2000 and shall come into force at 1730 hours on29th November 2000.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order “the principal Order” means the Food Protection(Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 2)(Scotland) Order 2000(2).

Partial Revocation of the principal Order

3.  The principal Order is revoked insofar as it designates–

(a) any part of Areas A, B, C, D and E described in the Schedule to thisOrder being areas within Area 1 described in the Schedule to the principalOrder; and

(b) any part of Area 2 described in the Schedule to the principal Order.

DAVID R DICKSON

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

29th November 2000

Article 3

SCHEDULE

Area A

The area of sea below high water springs enclosed by a line startingfrom a point at Srianach on Lewis at 58°North latitude6°23'West longitude; then south along the shore of Lewis to a pointat 57°56.4'North latitude 6°30'West longitude; then southto 57°45'North latitude 6°30'West longitude; then east to57°45'North longitude 6°West longitude; then north to58°North latitude 6°West longitude; then west to the point ofbeginning.

Area B

The area of sea below high water springs enclosed by a line startingfrom a point at 57°45'North latitude 6°West longitude; theneast to a point on the mainland shore at 57°45'North latitude5°48.7'West longitude; then south along the mainland shore to apoint at 57°30'North latitude 5°52'West longitude; thenwest to the east coast of Raasay to a point at 57°30'North latitude5°59'West longitude; then north, west and south along the shore toa point on the west coast of Raasay at 57°30'North latitude5°59.5'West longitude; then west to 57°30'North latitude6°West longitude; then north to the point of beginning.

Area C

The area of sea below high water springs enclosed by a line startingfrom a point at 57°15'North latitude 7°West longitude; thennorth to 57°30'North latitude 7°West longitude; then east tothe west coast of Skye to a point at 57°30'North latitude6°44.8'West longitude; then south along the shore of Skye to57°23.2'North latitude 6°30'West longitude; then south tothe north coast of Wiay to a point at 57°20.6'North latitude6°30'West longitude; then west and south along the shore to a pointon the south coast of Wiay at 57°20'North latitude6°30'West longitude; then south to 57°15'North latitude6°30'West longitude; then west to the point of beginning.

Area D

The area of sea below high water springs enclosed by a line startingfrom a point at 57°30'North latitude 6°42'West longitude;then south, east and north along the shore [of Skye] to57°30'North latitude 6°38.6'West longitude; then west tothe point of beginning.

Area E

The area of sea below high water springs enclosed by a line startingfrom a point at 56°45'North latitude 6°30'West longitude;then east to Sanna on the Scottish mainland at 56°45'North latitude6°11.3'West longitude; then east and south along the mainland shoreto a point at 56°42'North latitude 6°West longitude; then southto Auliston Point at 56°39'North latitude 6°West longitude;then south along the shore to a point at 56°37.4'North latitude6°West longitude; then south to the north coast of Mull to a point at56°35'North latitude 6°West longitude; then west, south andeast along the shore of Mull to a point at 56°30'North latitude6°09'West longitude; then north to a point on the east coast ofColl at 56°37.4'North latitude 6°30'West longitude; thennorth and west along the shore of Coll to a point at 56°41.2'Northlatitude 6°30'West longitude; then north to the point of beginning.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the fifth partial revocation of the Food Protection(Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 2)(Scotland) Order 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/291) (“the principal Order”) whichprohibited–

(a) fishing for or taking scallops within the areas designated in theSchedule to that Order (article 4 of the principal Order);

(b) movement of such scallops out of these areas (article 5 of theprincipal 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 fromthe designated areas (article 6 of the principal Order).

The effect of this Order is to remove the prohibitions in respect ofthe areas of sea designated in the Schedule to this Order, which form partof the area of sea designated as Area 1 in the Schedule to the principalOrder, and to remove the prohibitions in respect of the area of seadesignated as Area 2 in the Schedule to the principal Order.

(1)

1985 c. 48; section 1(1) and (2) was amended by section51(2)(a) and (b) of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16); section 1(2) defines“designating authority”; section 1(2) was further amended by theScotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1756),Schedule, paragraph 10(2) and (3), the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28),Schedule 5, paragraph 6 and the Scotland Act 1998 (ConsequentialModifications) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2040), Schedule, Part I, paragraph 12.

(2)

S.S.I. 2000/291, partially revoked by S.S.I. 2000/313, 346,378 and 404.