The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No.12 Partial Revocation) Order 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 2482 (S.192)

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND

PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No.12 Partial Revocation) Order 1991

Laid before Parliament

Made

30th October 1991

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(1) and (2) and 24(1) and (3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No.12 Partial Revocation) Order 1991 and shall come into force at 16.00 hours on 30th October 1991.

Partial Revocation

2.  The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No.12) Order 1991(2) except in so far as it applies to the area described in the Schedule to this Order is hereby revoked.

E.C. Davison

Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office

Pentland House,

Edinburgh

30th October 1991

Article 2

SCHEDULE AREA TO WHICH PROHIBITIONS STILL APPLY

That area of the sea surrounding the Northern Isles of the Orkney Islands and below the line of the mean high water springs on these Islands bounded as follows: on the north by a straight line extending in an easterly direction from a point at 59° 25'N latitude and 3° 30'W longitude to a point at 59° 25'N latitude and 2° 15'W longitude; then on the east by a straight line extending in a southerly direction from the last mentioned point to a point at 58° 58.4'N latitude and 2° 15'W longitude; then on the south by a straight line extending in a westerly direction from the last mentioned point to Mull Head at 58° 58.4'N latitude and 2° 42.7'W longitude on Deerness Peninsula on the mainland of Orkney and then generally in a westerly, northerly, north westerly and westerly direction along the northern shore of the mainland to Brough Head at 59° 8.2'N latitude and 3° 20.3'W longitude and then by a straight line extending in a westerly direction to a point at 59° 8.2'N latitude and 3° 30'W longitude; then on the west by a straight line extending in a northerly direction from the last mentioned point to the point of beginning at 59° 25'N latitude and 3° 30'W longitude.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order partly revokes the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No.12) Order 1991 which imposed a prohibition on the fishing for or taking of (article 4), the movement of (article 5), and the landing of or use in the production of food (article 6) of green crabs and velvet crabs within the area of the sea surrounding all the Orkney Islands designated in the Schedule to that Order.

This Order removes completely the prohibition on fishing for or taking, landing, or the use in food production of green crabs and velvet crabs from that area with the exception of the area described in the Schedule to this Order. Thus the prohibitions continue to apply to green crabs and velvet crabs taken from the area of sea on the northern shore of the Mainland and the area of the sea surrounding the Islands lying to the north of the Mainland such as Rousay, Eday, Stronsay, Sanday, North Ronaldsay, Papa Westray and Westray but are removed from green crabs and velvet crabs taken from within Scapa Flow and the area of the sea surrounding the Islands lying to the south of the Mainland such as Hoy, Graemsay, South Walls, Swona, Flotta, South Ronaldsay and Burray.

(1)

1985 c. 48; section 1 was amended by section 51 of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16), and section 24(1) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to that Act; section 1(2) defines “designating authority” and section 24(1) defines “the Ministers”.

(2)

S.I. 1991/2077.