The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (Revocation) Order 1992

Made: 21st August 1992

Laid before Parliament: 24th August 1992

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1) and (2) and 24(1) of the Food and Environment 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) (Revocation) Order 1992 and shall come into force at 1700 hours on 21st August 1992.

Revocation

2

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) Order 1992[^f00002] is hereby revoked.

Signed

E. Davison — Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office — 21st August 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) Order 1992 which prohibited—

• (a) fishing for or taking scallops, defined as Queen Scallops (article 1), and fishing for or taking mussels within the area designated in the Schedule to that Order (article 4),

• (b) movement of such scallops and mussels 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, such scallops and mussels from the designated area within the United Kingdom (article 6).

The effect of this Order is to remove completely the prohibition in fishing for, taking, moving, landing, using in food production and supplying Queen Scallops and mussels from Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands.

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. 1992/1387.