The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 2004

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 48

PUBLIC HEALTH

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 2004

Made

6th February 2004

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

9th February 2004

Coming into force

10th February 2004

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2) and 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 10th February 2004.

(2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Order 1991(2).

Revocation

2.—(1) The principal Order is revoked in so far as it designates any part of the area set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2) Part II of Schedule 1 to the principal Order shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 2 to this Order.

MALCOLM CHISHOLM

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

6th February 2004

Article 2(1)

SCHEDULE

Central Region

The area of land within the former Stirling District, now Stirling Council area, comprising that part of the parish of Killin bounded as follows:–

• On the north from point national grid reference NN509369 on the River Lochay in a south easterly direction along the said River to point national grid reference NN537355; then in a south westerly direction by the western bank of Lochan nan Damh to point national grid reference NN520330; then in a generally westerly direction to point national grid reference NN503335; then in a south westerly direction by the east bank of the unnamed hill loch to spot height 766 at point national grid reference NN497328; then in a northerly direction by the west bank of the unnamed hill loch to the unnamed burn on Coire Dhubhchlair at point national grid reference NN497333; then in a northerly direction by the said burn until it meets the Allt Dubhchlair Burn; then in a northerly direction by the Allt Dubhchlair Burn until it meets the River Lochay at point national grid reference NN509369.

Article 2(2)

SCHEDULE

Central Region

For paragraph 3(b) of Part II of Schedule 1 to the principal Order substitute–

“(b) The area of land within the former Stirling District, now Stirling Council area, comprising that part of the Parish of Balquhidder bounded as follows:–

• On the west from point national grid reference NN558257 on the boundary between the Parishes of Balquhidder and Killin, and continuing north, north easterly and easterly by the said boundary to the summit of Meall na Cloiche (663 metres) where it meets the boundary between the Parishes of Balquhidder and Kenmore; then continuing in a generally southerly, south easterly, southerly, south westerly and south easterly direction by said boundary until the point of intersection with the junction of the Road A85 and Road A84(T) at Lochearnhead; then continuing in a westerly direction to point national grid reference NN577238; then in a north-westerly direction to spot height 659 metres on Meall Reamhar and then in a north-westerly direction to point national grid reference NN558257.”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which forms part of Scots law only, is a partial revocation of the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Order 1991.

That Order contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food which has been, or which may have been, rendered unsuitable for that purpose in consequence of the escape of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor situated at Chernobyl in the Ukraine.

The effect of this Order is to reduce the area which is subject to restriction.

(1)

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) defines “designating authority”; section 1(2) was further amended by the Scotland 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 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2040), Schedule, Part I, paragraph 12.

(2)

S.I. 1991/20, partially revoked by S.I. 1991/2776, 1993/13, 1994/50, 1995/48, 1996/31, 1997/62, 1998/82, 1999/80 and S.S.I. 2001/313 and 2003/375.