2001 No. 463
PUBLIC HEALTH
CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic, Paralytic and Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (Scotland) Partial Revocation Order 2001

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
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 19851, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic, Paralytic and Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (Scotland) Partial Revocation Order 2001 and shall come into force at 1700 hours on 14th December 2001.

Interpretation2.

In this Order “the principal Order” means the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic, Paralytic and Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (Scotland) Order 20012.

Partial Revocation of the principal Order3.

The principal Order is revoked insofar as it applies to Queen scallops of the class chlamys opercularis.

MALCOLM CHISHOLM
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the first partial revocation of the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic, Paralytic and Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (Scotland) Order 2001 (“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 or 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 Queen scallops of the class chlamys opercularis from the area of sea designated in the Schedule to the principal Order.