Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Bivalve Molluscs and the Other Shellfish) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (S.I. No. 1547 of 1996)
Made 1996-06-13 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Food and nutrition
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- food safety and quality, fish products, crustaceans, molluscs, standards
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The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk6769.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:03] Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1547 The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 © Crown Copyright 1996 The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users. It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Royal Arms and the Queen's Printer imprints. The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is the Queen's Printer copy published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996, ISBN 0110626532. Purchase this item. For details of how to obtain an official copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles. To ensure fast access over slow connections, large documents have been segmented into "chunks". Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1996 No. 1547 FOOD FOOD SAFETY The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 Made 13th June 1996 Laid before Parliament 14th June 1996 Coming into force 8th July 1996 The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales, acting jointly in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1), 17(1), 18(1)(c), 26(3), 48(1) and 49(2) of the Food Safety Act 1990[1], and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly, being Ministers designated[2] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities http://www.ukstate.com/portal.asp?CH=YourLife&PR=BookItem&BI=0110626532 http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/howtoorder.htm http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/howtoorder.htm The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk6769.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:03] Act 1972[3] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in the exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), and in each case in exercise of all other powers respectively enabling them in that behalf, after consultation (so far as is required by section 48(4) of the Food Safety Act 1990) with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected, hereby make the following Regulations:— Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 8th July 1996. Amendment of the Food Safety (Fishery Products) Regulations 1992 2. The Food Safety (Fishery Products) Regulations 1992[4] shall be amended as specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations. Amendment of the Food Safety (Fishery Products on Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1992 3. In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 of the Food Safety (Fishery Products on Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1992[5] (interpretation) for the definition of "fishery products" there shall be substituted the following definition — ""fishery products" has the same meaning as in the Food Safety (Fishery Products) Regulations 1992;" . Amendment of the Food Safety (Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) (Import Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1994 4. The Food Safety (Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) (Import Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1994[6] shall be amended as specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations. Amendment of the Food Safety (Fishery Products) (Import Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1994 5. The Food Safety (Fishery Products) (Import Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1994[7] shall be amended as specified in Schedule 3 to these Regulations. Revocations 6. The Regulations specified in column (l) of Schedule 4 to these Regulations are hereby revoked to the extent specified in column (3) of that Schedule. Tony Baldry Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 13th June 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Cumberlege Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 6th June 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 file:///D/HTML/uk6769.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:03] 6th June 1996 George Kynoch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 6th June 1996 Notes: [1] 1990 c. 16; section 4(1) of the Act contains a definition of "the Ministers" which is relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of these Regulations. back [2] S.I. 1972/1811. back [3] 1972 c. 68. back 4] S.I. 1992/3163; amended by S.I. 1994/2783. back [5] S.I. 1992/3165, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. back [6] S.I. 1994/2782. back [7] S.I. 1994/2783. back file:///acts/acts1990/Ukpga 19900016 en 1.htm file:///si/si1992/Uksi 19923163 en 1.htm file:///si/si1994/Uksi 19942783 en 1.htm file:///si/si1992/Uksi 19923165 en 1.htm file:///si/si1994/Uksi 19942782 en 1.htm file:///si/si1994/Uksi 19942783 en 1.htm