2003 No. 24
PUBLIC HEALTH
CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 14) (Scotland) Order 2002 Revocation Order 2003

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2) 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 Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 14) (Scotland) Order 2002 Revocation Order 2003 and shall come into force at 1500 hours on 17th January 2003.

Revocation3.

The Food Protection Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 14) (Scotland) Order 20022 and the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 14) Partial Revocation Order 20023 are hereby revoked.
MALCOLM CHISHOLM
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 14) (Scotland) Order 2002 (“the principal Order”) which prohibited–

(a)

fishing for or taking scallops within the areas designated in the Schedule to the principal Order (article 4 of the principal Order);

(b)

movement of such scallops out of the designated 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 principal Order had been partially revoked by the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 14) (Scotland) Partial Revocation Order 2002 which is also revoked by this Order. The effect of this Order is to remove the remaining prohibitions in respect of the areas of sea designated in the Schedule to the principal Order.