Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2735

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish) Order 1997 (Partial Revocation) Order 1997

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1997 No. 2735

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES
PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND
PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND
CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish) Order 1997 (Partial Revocation) Order 1997

	Made	14th November 1997
	Laid before Parliament	17th November 1997
	Coming into force	14th November 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(1) and (2) and section 24(1) and (3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985[1], 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) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish) Order 1997 (Partial Revocation) Order 1997 and shall come into force at 20.00 hours on 14th November 1997.

Partial revocation
2.The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish) Order 1997[2] is hereby revoked except insofar as it applies in relation to flatfish and shellfish.

J R Wildgoose
Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office

Pentland House, Edinburgh
14th November 1997

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish) Order 1997 insofar as it applies to round fish.

That Order contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food rendered unsuitable for that purpose by virtue of fish and shellfish having been affected by oil and other chemical pollutants. The prohibitions in that Order will remain in place for flatfish and shellfish.

Notes:

[1] 1985 c.48; section 1(1) and (2) were amended 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".back

[2] S.I. 1997/2509.back

ISBN 0 11 055685 2

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