The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 398

Agriculture

Food

The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Made

23rd November 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

25th November 2020

Coming into force

30th December 2020

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) 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 safety(2).

(1)

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”) paragraph 15(3) of schedule 8 (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. Section 2(2) was repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16) from exit day (see section 20 of that Act) subject to the savings provision in section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c.1).

(2)

OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p.1, to which there are no relevant amendments to Article 9.