Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is the sixth partial revocation of the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (Scotland) Order 1999 (“the principal Order”) which prohibited–
(a)fishing for or taking scallops within the area designated in the Schedule to that Order (article 4 of the principal Order);
(b)movement of such scallops out of that area (article 5 of the principal Order); and
(c)landing, using in the preparation of processing for supply of food of, supplying and other specified activities in relation to, such scallops from the designated area (article 6 of the principal Order).
The effect of this Order is to remove the prohibitions in respect of the area of sea designated in the Schedule to this Order, which forms part of the area of sea designated as Area A in the Schedule to the principal Order.