2005 No. 274

PUBLIC HEALTHCONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 9) (Scotland) Order 2004 Revocation Order 2005

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) 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. 9) (Scotland) Order 2004 Revocation Order 2005 and shall come into force at 1530 hours on 20th May 2005.

Revocation2

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 9) (Scotland) Order 20042, the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (Nos. 5 and 9) (Scotland) Orders 2004 Partial Revocation Order 20053, the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 9) (Scotland) Order 2004 Partial Revocation Order 20054 and the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 9) (Scotland) Order 2004 Partial Revocation (No. 2) Order 20055 are hereby revoked.

IAN GORDONA member of the staff of the Scottish MinistersSt 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. 9) (Scotland) Order 2004 (“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 effect of this Order is to remove the prohibitions in respect of the area of sea designated as Area 2 in the Schedule to the principal Order.

The prohibitions in respect of the other areas of sea designated as Areas 1, 3, 4 and 5 in that Schedule were removed by the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 9) (Scotland) Order 2004 Partial Revocation Order 2005, the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (Nos. 5 and 9) (Scotland) Orders 2004 Partial Revocation Order 2005 and by the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 9) (Scotland) Order 2004 Partial Revocation (No. 2) Order 2005, respectively. These Orders are revoked by this Order.