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The Imported Food Regulations 1997
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1997 No. 2537
FOOD
The Imported Food Regulations 1997
Made
23rd October 1997
Laid before Parliament
24th October 1997
Coming into force
17th November 1997
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales, acting jointly in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1), 17(1), 18(1)(c), 26(2)(e) and (3), and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990(1) and in each case in exercise of all other powers respectively enabling them in that behalf, after consultation (in so far as is required) in accordance with section 48(4) of the Food Safety Act 1990 with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected, hereby make the following Regulations:—
(1)
1990 c. 16; section 6(4) of the 1990 Act was amended by section 31 of and paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40). See section 4(1) of the 1990 Act which contains a definition of “the Ministers” which is relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of these Regulations.
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