The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (England) (Partial Revocation) Order 1996 No. 62


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Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 62

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND

PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (England) (Partial Revocation) Order 1996

made

16th January 1996

Laid before Parliament

16th January 1996

Coming into force

17th January 1996

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(1) and section 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:

Title and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (England) (Partial Revocation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 17th January 1996.

Partial Revocation

2.-(1) The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (England) Order 1991(2) is hereby revoked so far as it designates any part of the area set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Order.

(2) In consequence of that revocation the designated area for the purposes of that Order is that area set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Order.

Angela Browning

Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

16th January 1996

Article 2

SCHEDULE

PART IAREA NO LONGER DESIGNATED

The area comprising that part of the county of Cumbria which lies within the following boundary:

In addition, the area comprising the following parts numbered 1 to 4 of the county of Cumbria which lie within the following boundaries:

1. From where a minor road crosses the river Esk at OS Map Ref. SD 149995 South along the minor road to junction of wood at OS Map Ref. SD 147993; North-west along wood boundary to OS Map Ref. SD 149995.

2. At OS Map Ref. SD 187914 West following plantation boundary to OS Map Ref. SD 183914; North following the fence to OS Map Ref. SD 185917; West to the road at OS Map Ref. SD 181917; South following the road to OS Map Ref. SD 181916; West along field boundary to plantation at OS Map Ref. SD 175918; North along plantation boundary to OS Map Ref. SD 176921; East following fence to road at OS Map Ref. SD 179921; North along the road to OS Map Ref. SD 179922; West following fences to corner of plantation at OS Map Ref. SD 183921; North-east following the fence to OS Map Ref. SD 185923; West following fence to OS Map Ref. SD 187923; North following fence to the road junction at OS Map Ref. SD 188924; South following the road to OS Map Ref. SD 187914.

3. At OS Map Ref. SD 228976 North-west along Dunnerdale Forest boundary to OS Map Ref. SD 211992; South-east following forest boundary to OS Map Ref. SD 222987; North following forest boundary, to OS Map Ref. NY 230012; South-east following Forestry Commission Boundary to the River Duddon at OS Map Ref. NY 240007; South along the River Duddon to OS Map Ref. SD 228976.

4. From Ref. NY 206008 South to wood fence at OS Map Ref. NY 206007; West following wood boundary to River Esk at OS Map Ref. NY 204007; North along river to OS Map Ref. NY 204009; East along minor road to OS Map Ref. NY 206008.

Each area excludes any part of a road, track, footpath or river by reference to which its boundary is defined.

PART IIAREA REMAINING DESIGNATED

The area comprising that part of the county of Cumbria which lies within the following boundary:

In addition, the area comprising that part of the county of Cumbria which lies within the following boundary:

Each area excludes any part of a road, track, footpath or river by reference to which its boundary is defined.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further partially revokes the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (England) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991 No. 6) which contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent the human consumption of food which has been or may have been rendered unsuitable for that purpose in consequence of the escape of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor situated at Chernobyl in the Ukraine.

This partial revocation reduces the area subject to the restriction set out in the principal Order. The last partial revocation was contained in the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (England) (Partial Revocation) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995 No. 39).

(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. 1991/6.


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