Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (No. 5) (Amendment) Order 1986
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1986/1344 |
1986 No. 1344
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES
PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND
PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND
CONTAMINATION OF FOOD
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (No. 5) (Amendment) Order 198631stJuly 1986
31stJuly 1986
1stAugust 1986
Whereas the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State are of the opinion, in accordance with section 1(1)(a) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(a), that there has been or may have been an escape of substances of such descriptions and in such quantities and such circumstances as are likely to create a hazard to human health through human consumption of food;
And whereas the said Ministers are of the opinion, in accordance with 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 Article 3 of the following order, 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 said Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 1(1) and section 24(3) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—
Title and commencement
1. This order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (No. 5) (Amendment) Order 1986 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1986.
(a) 1985 c.48.
Designated incident
2. In the opinion of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, food in the area described in Article 3 of this order, 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 in consequence of the following escape of substances:—
the escape on or after 26th April 1986 of radioactive substances from a nulcear powered reactor situated at Chernobyl in the Ukraine, USSR.
Amendment of the principal order
3. For paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (No. 5) Order 1986(a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
"WALES
2. An area comprising those parts of the counties of Gwynedd, Clwyd and Powys which lie within the following boundary:—
From the Castle at Conwy generally southward along the B5106 road crossing Afon Conwy at Pontfawr near Llanrwst to the junction with the A470 road at Llanrwst; northwards along the...
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