The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

PART IIICONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE FOOD (ANIMAL PRODUCTS FROM BELGIUM) (EMERGENCY CONTROL) (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER 2000

1.  In article 1(2), after the definition of “the Act” there shall be added the following definition—

“the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;;

2.  In articles 4(1), (2) and 5(1)(a), for the words “the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food”, wherever they occur in each of those provisions, there shall be substituted the words “the Agency”.

3.  In article 4(3), for the words “the Minister as he may request for the purpose of his duties under section 13 of the Act in connection with the implementation of the Commission Decision in relation to food” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State or the Agency, for the purpose of their duties under section 13 of the Act in connection with the implementation of the Commission Decision in relation to food, as the Secretary of State or the Agency may respectively request”.