2000 No. 2215
FOOD, ENGLAND
The Meat (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 2000
Made 14th August 2000
Laid before Parliament 15th August 2000
Coming into force 16th August 2000

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section insofar as these Regulations could not have been made under the powers in the Food Safety Act 1990 specified below, and in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 16(1)(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), (2)(a) and (3), 17(1), 19(1)(b), 26, 45, 48(1) and 49(2) of, and paragraphs 5(1), (2) and (3), 6(1)(a) and 7(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to the Food Safety Act 1990, and of all other powers enabling him 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 in accordance with section 48(4) of that Act, makes the following Regulations:
S.I.1972/1811.
1972 c. 68.
1990 c. 16. Functions formerly exercisable by “the Ministers” are now exercisable in relation to England by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28); and paragraphs 12, 21 and 24 of that Schedule amend sections 17(1) and 48 of, and paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 to, the 1990 Act. Functions of “the Ministers” so far as exercisable in relation to Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/672) and those functions so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). Regulation 13(4) of S.I.2000/656 expressly authorises the Secretary of State to amend existing Regulations made or having effect as if made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (whether with others or not) under the Food Safety Act 1990.