This Statutory Instrument, which has been made first in consequence of the correction of a defect in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 563/2002 which was reflected in S.I. 2002/890 and second to correct an error in the definition of “port health authority” in S.I. 2002/890, is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
2002 No. 1923
FOOD, ENGLAND

The Contaminants in Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 16(1)(a) and (f), 17(2), 26(1)(a) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 19901, and now vested in him2, 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 the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety3, and in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B) of that Act, makes the following Regulations:

Title and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Contaminants in Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 24th July 2002.

Amendment of the Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 20022.

In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 of the Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 20024 (interpretation)—

(a)

for the definition of “the Commission Regulation” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs5 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 221/20026, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 257/20027, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 472/20028 as corrected by a corrigendum published on 23rd March 20029 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 563/200210 as corrected by a corrigendum published on 14th June 200211;”; and

(b)

for the definition of “port health authority” there shall be substituted the following definition—

  • ““port health authority” means—

    1. (a)
      in relation to the London port health district (within the meaning given to that phrase for the purposes of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 198412 by section 7(1) of that Act), the Common Council of the City of London; and
    2. (b)

      in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Hazel Blears
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/890) make provision for the execution and enforcement in England of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs (OJ No. L77, 16.3.2001, p.1, as amended). There is therefore a definition of that Commission Regulation in regulation 2(1) of S.I. 2002/890, which was intended to take account of the amendments to it. That defines “the Commission Regulation” as Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 as amended by several further Commission Regulations.

The amendments to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 include those effected by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 563/2002 (OJ No. L86, 3.4.2002, p.5).

An error in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 563/2002 necessitated the issue of a corrigendum to it, which was published on 14th June 2002 (OJ No. L155, 14.6.2002, p.63). These Regulations give effect to that corrigendum by amending the definition of “the Commission Regulation” in regulation 2(1) of the Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2002.

These Regulations also correct an error in the definition of “port health authority” in that regulation.

No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.