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Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 701

Exiting The European Union

Agriculture

Food

The Food and Feed (Maximum Permitted Levels of Radioactive Contamination) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Made

26th March 2019

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 M1.

In accordance with paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 7 to that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations.

Marginal Citations

PART 1U.K.Introduction

Citation and commencementU.K.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Food and Feed (Maximum Permitted Levels of Radioactive Contamination) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on exit day.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

InterpretationU.K.

2.  In these Regulations, “Regulation 2016/52” means Council Regulation (Euratom) 2016/52 laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of food and feed following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency, and repealing Regulation (Euratom) No. 3954/87 and Commission Regulations (Euratom) No. 944/89 and (Euratom) No. 770/90.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

PART 2U.K.Amendment of retained direct EU legislation

Amendment of Regulation 2016/52U.K.

3.  Regulation 2016/52 is amended as follows.

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

4.  In Article 1, omit the second paragraph.

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

5.  In Article 2, at the end, insert—

(6) appropriate authority” means—

(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

F1(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7) Food Safety Authority” means—

(i)as regards [F2England and Wales], the Food Standards Agency;

(ii)as regards Scotland, Food Standards Scotland;

(8) prescribe” means prescribe by regulations;

F3(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Textual Amendments

F1Words in reg. 5 omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(a)

F3Words in reg. 5 omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(c)

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

6.  For Article 3, substitute—

1.  If the appropriate authority receives — in particular under the IAEA Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident of 26 September 1986 — official information on a nuclear accident or on any other case of radiological emergency which is likely to lead to or has led to significant radioactive contamination of food and feed, the appropriate authority must, subject to paragraph 6, prescribe measures which apply the applicable maximum permitted levels to the potentially contaminated food or feed that could be placed on the market.

2.  If the Food Safety Authority receives official information of the kind described in paragraph 1, it must immediately notify the appropriate authority by sharing that official information with the appropriate authority.

3.  The maximum permitted levels applied by the measures prescribed under this Article must not exceed those set out in Annexes 1, 2 and 3.

4.  The period of validity of measures prescribed under this Article must be as short as possible. The duration of the first measures prescribed under this Article following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency must not exceed 3 months.

5.  The measures prescribed under this Article must be periodically reviewed by the appropriate authority and, if appropriate, amended on the basis of the nature and location of the accident and of the evolution of the level of radioactive contamination effectively measured.

6.  When preparing measures to be prescribed, or reviewing measures prescribed, under this Article, the appropriate authority must take into account the basic standards laid down pursuant to Articles 30 and 31 of the Euratom Treaty, including the justification principle and the optimisation principle, with the aim of keeping the magnitude of individual doses, the likelihood of exposure and the number of individuals exposed as low as reasonably achievable, taking into account the current state of technical knowledge and economic and societal factors.

7.  When reviewing measures prescribed under this Article, the appropriate authority must consider, among other matters, whether the nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency has caused such widespread contamination of food or feed consumed in [F4Great Britain] that the rationale and assumptions underpinning the maximum permitted levels set out in Annexes 1, 2 and 3 to this Regulation are no longer valid..

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I6Reg. 6 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

7.  Omit Articles 4 and 5.

Commencement Information

I7Reg. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

8.  Insert a new Article 5A—

Article 5AU.K.Regulations and devolved powers

1.  Any power to make regulations under Article 3—

(a)so far as exercisable by a Minister of the Crown, is exercisable by statutory instrument;

(b)so far as exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, is exercisable by statutory instrument;

F5(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.  For regulations made under Article 3 by the Scottish Ministers, see also section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 M2 (Scottish statutory instruments).

3.  Any power to make regulations under Article 3 includes power—

(a)to make different provision in relation to different cases or classes of case (including different provision for different areas or different classes of business); and

(b)to provide for such exceptions, limitations and conditions, and to make such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions, as the appropriate authority considers necessary or expedient.

4.  [F6Any statutory instrument or Scottish statutory instrument] containing regulations made under Article 3 is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution—

(a)in the case of England, of either House of Parliament;

(b)in the case of Wales, of [F7Senedd Cymru];

(c)in the case of Scotland, of the Scottish Parliament;

F8(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.  In Article 3, any power—

(a)of the Secretary of State to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to England only;

(b)of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Wales only;

(c)of the Scottish Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Scotland only;

F9(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Textual Amendments

F5Words in reg. 8 omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 14(4)(a)

F9Words in reg. 8 omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 14(4)(c)

Commencement Information

I8Reg. 8 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

9.  Omit Article 6.

Commencement Information

I9Reg. 9 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

10.  After Article 8, omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.

Commencement Information

I10Reg. 10 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

11.  In Annex 1, at footnote (1), for “Member States” substitute “ The Food Safety Authority ”.

Commencement Information

I11Reg. 11 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Stephen Hammond

Minister of State,

Department of Health and Social Care

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. In particular, the Regulations address the deficiency specified in section 8(2)(b) of that Act, namely the conferral of functions by retained EU law on, or in relation to, EU entities which no longer have functions in that respect under EU law in relation to the United Kingdom.

These Regulations make amendments to legislation relating to the safety of food and animal feed. Part 2 amends retained direct EU legislation.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the public, private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

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