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      SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


      1999 No. 171

      FOOD

      The Contaminants in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999

        Made 6th December 1999 
        Laid before the Scottish Parliament 14th December 1999 
        Coming into force 30th December 1999 

      The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 17(2) of the Food Safety Act 1990[1] and of all the powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

      Citation, commencement and extent
           1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Contaminants in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 30th December 1999.

          (2) These Regulations apply to Scotland only.

      Amendment of the Contaminants in Food Regulations 1997
          
      2. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Contaminants in Food Regulations 1997[2], for the definition of "the Commission Regulation" there is substituted the following definition:-

          " "the Commission Regulation" means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 194/97 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs[3], as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1525/98[4], Commission Regulation (EC) No. 864/1999[5] and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1566/1999[6];".


      SUSAN C DEACON
      A member of the Scottish Executive

      St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
      6th December 1999

      EXPLANATORY NOTE

      (This note is not part of the Regulations)

      These Regulations, which apply to Scotland only, amend the Contaminants in Food Regulations 1997 by bringing up to date the definition of "Commission Regulation (EC) No. 194/97" setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs, so as to cover its further amendment by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1566/1999 which altered the date by which the maximum aflatoxin limits laid down for nuts, dried fruit and cereals have to be reconsidered by the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs from 1 July 1999 to 1 July 2001.

      [1] 1990 c.16. The functions of Ministers of the Crown under the Food Safety Act 1990 insofar as within devolved competence were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).back

      [2] S.I. 1997/1499, as amended by S.I. 1999/1603.back

      [3] O.J. No. L31, 1.12.97, p.48.back

      [4] O.J. No. L201, 17.7.98, p.43.back

      [5] O.J. No. L108, 27.4.99, p.16.back

      [6] O.J. No. L184, 17.7.99, p.17.back


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