Statutory Instruments
AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
7th May 2000
Laid before Parliament
8th May 2000
Coming into force
12th May 2000
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (Revocation) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000, shall come into force on 12th May 2000 and shall extend to England and Wales.
2. The Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000(3) are hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Gisela Stuart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
7th May 2000
(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations, which apply to England and Wales, revoke the Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/588) ("the revoked Regulations"), and implement in England and Wales, in relation to products for animal feeding, Commission Decision 2000/301/EC repealing the protective measures with regard to contamination by dioxins of certain products of porcine and poultry origin intended for human or animal consumption (OJ No. L97, 19.04.2000, p.16). (The protective measures concerned were contained in Commission Decision 1999/788/EC (OJ No. L310, 4.12.1999, p.62) as amended by Commission Decision 2000/150/EC (OJ No. L50, 23.2.2000, p.25) and were implemented in England and Wales, in relation to products for animal feeding, by the revoked Regulations).