The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 13 Revocation) Order 1992

Made: 31st January 1992

Laid before Parliament: 3rd February 1992

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(1) and (2) and 24(1) of the Food and Enviroment Protection Act 1985[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 13 Revocation) Order 1992 and shall come into force at 17.00 hours on 31st January 1992.

Revocation

2

The Food (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 13) Order 1991[^f00002], in so far as still in force, is hereby revoked.

Signed

P. S. Collings — Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office — 31st january 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes, in so far as still in force, the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 13) Order 1991 (“No.13 Order”) which prohibited—

• (a) fishing for or taking green crabs and velvet crabs within the area designated in the Schedule to that Order (article 4),

• (b) movement of green crabs and velvet crabs out of that area (article 5),

• (c) landing, using in the preparation or processing for supply of food of, supplying and other specified activities in relation to, green crabs and velvet crabs from the designated area within the United Kingdom (article 6).

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 13 Partial Revocation) Order 1991 (“Partal Revocation Order”) reduced the area to which the prohibitions imposed by the No. 13 Order applied.

The effect of the Order is to remove completely the prohibition in fishing for, or taking of, landing of or the use in food production of green crabs and velvet crabs from the area designated in the schedule to the Partial Revocation Order namely the area of sea surrounding Eday, Sanday, North Ronaldsay, and the northern part of Stronsay.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1985 c. 48; section 1(1) and (2) was amended respectively by section 51(2)(a) and (b) of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16), and section 24(1) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to that Act; section 1(2) defines “designating authority” and section 24(1) defines “the Ministers”.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1991/2901, partially revoked by S.I. 1992/109.