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Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 263

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 2) Amendment No. 2 Order 1987

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1987 No. 263

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND

PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND
CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 2) Amendment No. 2 Order 1987

Made26th February 1987
Laid before Parliament26th February 1987
Coming into force27th February 1987

    Whereas the Secretary of State is of the opinion, as mentioned in section 1(1)(a) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985[1], that there has been or may have been an escape of substances of such descriptions and in such quantitites and such circumstances as are likely to create a hazard to human health through human consumption of food;
    And whereas the Secretary of State is of the opinion, as mentioned in section 1(1)(b) of the said Act, that in consequence of the said escape of substances food which is or may be in the future in the area described in Schedule 1 to the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 1986[2], or which is derived or may be in the future derived from anything in that area, is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption;
    Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 1(1) and (2) and section 24(1) and (3) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
    Title and commencement
        1.    This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 2) Amendment No. 2 Order 1987 and shall come into force on 27th February 1987.
    Partial revocation and amendment
        2.    The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 1986 is revoked to the extent that it imposes prohibitions on —
       (a) the slaughter of a sheep which was moved from a place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark; and
       (b) the supply or having in possession for supply of meat, or food containing meat, derived from such a sheep,
    and accordingly that Order is further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
        3.    In article 6, for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
      "  (2)  Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of —
        (a) any sheep which was moved to a market in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the Act which consent did not require that the sheep to which it applies should be marked in a manner specified therein;
        (b) any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark; or
        (c) any sheep which —
          (i) was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a red mark; and
          (ii) has been examined and marked with an ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by one of the Ministers.".



Nicholas Edwards

Secretary of State for Wales

26th February 1987





EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


ISBN 0 11 076263 0



Notes:

[1] 1985 c. 48.

[2] S.I. 1986/1681, amended by S.I. 1986/1707, 1756, 1775, 1849, 2242 and 1987/182.

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