2006 No. 306
FOOD
The Contaminants in Food (Scotland) Regulations 2006
Made 7th June 2006
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 7th June 2006
Coming into force 1st July 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 16(1)(a), (e) and (f), 17(2), 26(1)(a), (2)(e) and (3), 31(1) and (2)(b), (c) and (f) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down t he general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, hereby make the following Regulations:
1990 c. 16; section 1(1) and (2) (definition of “food”) was substituted by S.I.2004/2990; sections 16(1) and 48(1) were amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) (“the 1999 Act”), section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 8; section 17(2) was amended by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12; section 26(3) was amended by the 1999 Act, section 40(4) and Schedule 6; section 48(4) is disapplied in respect of these Regulations by virtue of section 48(4C), inserted by S.I.2004/2990; amendments made by Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act shall be taken as pre-commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) (“the 1998 Act”) by virtue of section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State, so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. Insofar as not so transferred, those functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I.2005/849).
Section 48(4A) was inserted by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 21.
O.J. No. L 31, 1.2.02, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the permanent Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority (O.J. No. L 100, 8.4.06, p.3).