The Food Safety (Ships and Aircraft) (Wales) Order 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which applies to Wales, specifies ships and aircraft and purposes for which they are “premises” in and under the Food Safety Act 1990.

The Order —

(a)

replaces provisions formerly made by section 59(3) of and Schedule 4 paragraph 1 to the 1990 Act for home-going ships and for import cargo inspections of ships and aircraft (article 3 and Schedule paragraphs 1 and 2(a));

(b)

M1 M2 in further implementation of Council Directive 93/43/EEC on the hygiene of foodstuffs and Council Directive 89/397/EEC on the official control of foodstuffs , specifies certain other ships and aircraft for the purpose of applying provisions of the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 and the Food Safety (Temperature Control) Regulations 1995 and for certain related sections of the Act (article 3 and Schedule paragraph 2(b) and (c)).

(c)

provides that references to “premises” in sections 2, 3, 29, 32 and 50 of the Food Safety Act 1990 shall include those other ships and aircraft for the purposes specified in paragraph 2(a), (b) and (c) of the Schedule and of sections 8 to 10 of the 1990 Act (Schedule paragraph 2).

A Regulatory Appraisal for these Regulations has been prepared pursuant to section 65 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 and placed in the Library of the National Assembly for Wales together with a Transposition Note setting out how the main elements of the European Community legislation referred to above are transposed in this Order. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 1st Floor, Southgate House, Cardiff CF10 1EN.