(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is a partial revocation of the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 5) (Scotland) Order 2004 and a partial revocation of the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 9) (Scotland) Order 2004 (“the principal Orders”) which prohibited–
(a) fishing for or taking scallops within the areas designated in the Schedules to each of the principal Orders (article 4 of each of the principal Orders);
(b) movement of such scallops out of the designated areas (article 5 of each of the principal Orders); 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 each of the principal Orders).
The effect of this Order is to remove the prohibitions in respect of the areas of sea designated as Area 2 in the Schedule to the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 5) (Scotland) Order 2004 and Area 3 in the Schedule to the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 9) (Scotland) Order 2004.