Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2000 (“the principal Order”) which prohibited–
(a)fishing for or taking scallops within the areas designated in the Schedule to that Order (article 4 of the principal Order);
(b)movement of such scallops out of those 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 had been partially revoked by S.S.I. 2000/313, 346, 378, 404 and 435, and 2001/10 and 24 which are also revoked by this Order. The effect of this Order is to remove the remaining prohibitions in respect of the areas of sea designated in the Schedule to the principal Order.