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2004 No. 340

PUBLIC HEALTH

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (Irish Sea) (Scotland) Order 2004

  Made 28th July 2004 
  Laid before the Scottish Parliament 30th July 2004 
  Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) and (2) and section 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, being of the opinion that there exist or may exist circumstances which are likely to create a hazard to human health through human consumption of food and that in consequence food which is derived or may be in the future derived from bivalve molluscs in the area described in the following Order, is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (Irish Sea) (Scotland) Order 2004 and shall come into force at 1630 hours on 28th July 2004.

    (2) In this Order-

Designated circumstances
     2. In the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, scallops in the area designated in article 3 below may be affected by the toxin which causes amnesic shellfish poisoning in human beings and are likely to create a hazard to human health if they are consumed.

Designated area
     3. The area described in the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.

Activity prohibited in the designated area
     4. No person shall fish for or take any scallops in the designated area.

Prohibited movement of scallops
     5. No person shall move any scallops out of the designated area.

Restrictions
     6. No person shall-


MALCOLM CHISHOLM
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
28th July 2004



SCHEDULE
Article 3

Designated Area

The area of sea below mean high water springs enclosed by a line starting at a point on the west shore of Wigtown Bay at 54°45'North latitude 4°21'38"West longitude; then east to a point at 54°45'North latitude 4°West longitude; then south to the point where the boundary of the Scottish Zone crosses 4°West longitude; then in a generally south westerly direction along the boundary of the Scottish Zone to the point where it crosses 4°30'West longitude; then north to a point on the east coast of Luce Bay at 54°42'19"North latitude 4°30'West longitude; then east and south along the shoreline of Wigtown Bay; then north and east continuing along the shoreline of Burrow Head, Cairn Head and Portyerrock Bay to the point of beginning.


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order, which forms part of Scots law only, contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food rendered unsuitable for that purpose by virtue of shellfish having been affected by the toxin which causes amnesic shellfish poisoning in human beings.

The Order designates an area of sea off Dumfries and Galloway within which taking scallops is prohibited (articles 3 and 4 and the Schedule). It prohibits the movement of scallops out of that area (article 5). Other restrictions are imposed in relation to the use of any scallops taken from that area (article 6). The designated area extends to the limit of the Scottish Zone. For the purposes of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 ("the 1985 Act"), the "Scottish Zone" is as defined in section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) ("the 1998 Act"). Detailed co ordinates for the purposes of this definition are contained in The Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 (S.I.1999/1126), made under section 126(2) of the 1998 Act.

It is an offence by virtue of section 1(6) of the 1985 Act as read with Schedule 1, paragraph 4 to the 1998 Act as inserted by paragraph 10(13) of the Schedule to the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1756), to contravene any of the prohibitions contained in this Order anywhere in the United Kingdom or in United Kingdom waters.

Under section 21 of the Act the penalty for contravening an emergency prohibition is-

Powers of enforcement in relation to emergency prohibitions are conferred by section 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1998 Act. Obstruction of enforcement officers is an offence under paragraph 10 of that Schedule.

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); section 1(2) defines "designating authority"; section 1 was further amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1756), Schedule, paragraph 10(2) and (3), the Food Standards Act 1999 (c.28), Schedule 5, paragraph 6 and the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2040), Schedule, Part I, paragraph 12.back


ISBN 0 11069201 2


  © Crown copyright 2004

Prepared 6 August 2004

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