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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2006 No. 105

FOOD

The Fish Labelling (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006

  Made 6th March 2006 
  Laid before the Scottish Parliament 7th March 2006 
  Coming into force 6th April 2006 

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(e) and (f), 17(2) and 26(1)(a) of the Food Safety Act 1990[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A)[2] of that Act to advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation 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[3], hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fish Labelling (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006.

Amendment to the Fish Labelling (Scotland) Regulations 2003
     2. The Fish Labelling (Scotland) Regulations 2003[4] are amended as follows–


LEWIS MACDONALD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
6th March 2006



SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(b)







EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, amend the Fish Labelling (Scotland) Regulations 2003 ("the principal Regulations") (S.S.I. 2003/145) which provide for the execution and enforcement of Title 1, Chapter 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 104/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (O.J. No. L 17, 21.1.00, p.22) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2001 laying down detailed rules on the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 104/2000 as regards informing consumers about fishery and aquaculture products (O.J. No. L 278, 23.10.01, p.6).

The Regulations–

A Regulatory Impact Assessment, which includes a compliance cost assessment of the effect which these Regulations would have on business costs has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 6th Floor, St Magnus House, 25 Guild Street, Aberdeen AB11 6NJ.

Notes:

 [1] 1990 c.16; section 1(1) and (2) (definition of "food") was substituted by S.I. 2004/2990; section 17(2) was amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c.28) ("the 1999 Act"), Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12; section 48(4) is disapplied in respect of these Regulations by virtue of section 48(4C) which was inserted by S.I. 2004/2990; amendments made by Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act shall be taken as pre-commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) ("the 1998 Act") by virtue of section (2) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State, so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. In so far as not so transferred, those functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/849).back

[2] Section 48(4A) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act.back

[3] O.J. No. L 31, 1.2.02, p.1.back

[4] S.S.I. 2003/145.back

[5] O.J. No. L 212 22.7.89 p.79.back

[6] O.J. No. L 165, 3.7.03, p.17.back

[7] O.J. No. L 163, 17.6.92, p.1.back


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 © Crown copyright 2006

Prepared 14 March 2006

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