The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 2007

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 38

PUBLIC HEALTH

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 2007

Made

1st February 2007

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

2nd February 2007

Coming into force

5th February 2007

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 and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 5th February 2007.

Partial Revocation

2.  The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Order 1991(2) is revoked in so far as it designates any part of the areas set out in the Schedule to this Order.

LEWIS MACDONALD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

1st February 2007

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Strathclyde Region

The area of land within Cumnock and Doon Valley District comprising that part of the Parish of Dalmellington bounded as follows:–

• On the north from the point national grid reference NS485029 continuing in an easterly direction by the southern boundary of the Bellsbank Plantation until it meets the Muck Water; then in a south easterly direction by the Muck Water and the western boundary of another plantation to the point national grid reference NS511013; then in a southerly direction to the western edge of Loch Muck and continuing along the western and southern edges of said Loch to the boundary between Strathclyde Region and Dumfries and Galloway Region; and then continuing in a south westerly direction by said boundary until it meets Loch Doon; and then continuing in a north westerly direction by the north eastern edge of said Loch until it meets the Eriff Plantation; then continuing along the eastern and northern boundaries of said Plantation until it again meets the eastern edge of Loch Doon, and then in a north easterly direction to the point national grid reference NS485029.

The area of land within the former Kilmarnock and Loudoun District, now North Ayrshire Council area, comprising that part of the Parish of Galston bounded as follows:–

• On the north from the Glenoul Burn at point national grid reference NS578360 continuing in a north easterly direction to point national grid reference NS588362; then generally in a southerly direction to point national grid reference NS590355 and continuing along the water course in a south easterly direction until it meets the Dubs Burn at point national grid reference NS594354; then continuing along the said Burn in a southerly direction to point national grid reference NS585328 on the boundary between the former Kilmarnock and Loudoun District, now North Ayrshire Council area; and the former Cumnock and Doon Valley District, now East Ayrshire Council area; then following the said boundary in a northerly and westerly direction until it meets the Logan Burn; then continuing in a northerly direction by the said Burn until it meets the Glenoul Burn; and then continuing in a northerly direction by the Burn to point national grid reference NS578360.

The area of land within Kilmarnock and Loudoun District comprising that part of the Parish of Fenwick bounded as follows:–

• On the north from the point national grid reference NS515471 and continuing in a north easterly direction to the boundary between Kilmarnock and Loudoun District and Eastwood District; then in a north easterly and south easterly direction by said boundary until it meets the Rough Hill Plantation and continuing generally in a westerly direction by the northern boundary of said Plantation to the point national grid reference NS531459; then in a westerly direction to the boundary of the Flow Moss Plantation at the point national grid reference NS525459; then generally in a northerly direction by the eastern boundary of said Plantation to the point national grid reference NS515471.

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 (S.I. 1991/20).

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. 1991/2766, 1993/13, 1994/50, 1995/48, 1996/31, 1997/62, 1998/82, 1999/80 and S.S.I. 2001/313, 2003/375, 2004/48, 2005/71 and 2006/52.