Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (No. 3) (Scotland) Order 2001
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2001/255 |
| Year | 2001 |
Order made by the Scottish Ministers, laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 1(8) of the Food and
Environment Protection Act 1985, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament within twenty-eight
days beginning with the day on which the Order was made, subject to extension for periods of dissolution or
recess for more than four days.
SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2001 No. 255
PUBLIC HEALTH
CONTAMINATION OF FOOD
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic
Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (No. 3) (Scotland) Order 2001
Made 29th June 2001
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 4th July 2001
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(a) 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) (Paralytic
Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (No. 3) (Scotland) Order 2001 and shall come into force at 1600
hours on 29th June 2001.
(2) In this Order “scallops” means scallops of the class of pecten maximus and “relevant
time” means 0001 hours on 29th June 2001.
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 paralytic 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.
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(a) 1985 c.48; section 1(1) and (2) was a mended by section 51(2)(a) and (b) of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c.16); section
1(2) defines “designating authority”; section 1(2) was further amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of
Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1756), Sch edule, paragraph 10, the Food Standards Act 1999 (c.28), Schedule 5,
paragraph 6 and the Scotland Act 199 8 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2040), Schedule, Part I,
paragraph 12.
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