2011 No. 93

Agriculture
Food

The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

There has been consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety2.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1st April 2011.

Amendment of the Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 20092

1

The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 20093 are amended in accordance with the following paragraph.

2

In regulation 12 (right of appeal), omit paragraphs (5) to (7).

SHONA ROBISONAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2009 by omitting paragraphs (5) to (7) of regulation 12 of those Regulations (regulation 2).

Those paragraphs made provision for a food business operator who may appeal or has appealed against the refusal or withdrawal of an authorisation of a food business establishment to continue to operate the establishment pending the expiry of the time limit to appeal or the outcome of that appeal, as the case may be.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency (Scotland), 6th Floor, St Magnus House, 25 Guild Street, Aberdeen AB11 6NJ and online at www.legislation.gov.uk.