2001 No. 407
PUBLIC HEALTH

Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Revocation No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety1 in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 1(1) and (2) and 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 19852 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 Orders revoked by this Order is not, or may not be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Revocation No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 19th November 2001.

(2)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Revocation2.

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 20014 and the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 20015 are hereby revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 19th November 2001.

Don Hill
A Senior Officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order revokes the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland 2001 which contain emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of scallops or food which is derived from scallops originating in waters in that part of ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Area VIa which is within British fishery limits and which is adjacent to Northern Ireland.