The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 2) (Scotland) Partial Revocation (No. 2) Order 2001

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 24

PUBLIC HEALTH

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 2) (Scotland) Partial Revocation (No. 2) Order 2001

Made

1st February 2001

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

5th February 2001

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) and (2) and section 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) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 2) (Scotland) Partial Revocation (No. 2) Order 2001 and shall come into force at 1400 hours on 1st February 2001.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order “the principal Order” means the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2000(2).

Partial Revocation of the principal Order

3.  The principal Order is revoked insofar as it designates any part of Areas A and B described in the Schedule to this Order being areas within Area 1 described in the Schedule to the principal Order.

SUSAN C DEACON

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

1st February 2001

SCHEDULE

AREA A

The area of sea below high water spings enclosed by a line starting at a point on the south east coast of Skye at Leir Mhaodail at 57°01.2'North latitude 6°West longitude; then south to 57°North latitude 6°West longitude; then east to a point close to Mallaig at 57°North latitude 5°50'West longitude; then east and north along the mainland shore to Garbhan Cosach at 57°15'North latitude 5°38.2'West longitude; then west to a point on the east shore of Skye at 57°15'North latitude 5°39'West longitude; then south and west along the western shore of Skye to the point of beginning.

AREA B

The area of sea below high water springs enclosed by a line starting at 57°15'North latitude 7°West longitude; then east to 57°15'North latitude 6°30'West longitude; then south to a point on the north shore of Canna at 57°04.2'North latitude 6°30'West longitude; then west, south and east to a point on the south shore of Canna at 57°02.8'North latitude 6°30'West longitude; then south to 57°North latitude 6°30'West longitude; then west to 57°North latitude 7°West longitude; then north to the point of beginning.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the seventh partial revocation of 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 effect of this Order is to remove the prohibitions in respect of the areas of sea designated in the Schedule to this Order which form part of the area of sea designated as Area 1 in the Schedule to the principal Order.

(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.S.I. 2000/291, partially revoked by S.S.I. 2000/313, 346, 378, 404, 435 and 2001/10