
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 2) Order 1993 and shall come into force at 1800 hours on 4th June 1993.
(2) In this Order “scallop” means Scallops of the class ofPecten Maximusand Queen Scallops of the class ofChlamys Opercularis, “mussel” meansMytilus Edulisand “relevant time” means one minute past midnight on 4th June 1993.
2 
In the opinion of the Secretary of State, scallops and mussels in the area designated in article 3 below may be affected by the toxin which causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in human beings and are likely to create a hazard to human health if they are consumed.
3 
The area described in the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.
4 
No person shall fish for or take any scallops or mussels in the designated area.
5 
No person shall move any scallops or mussels out of the designated area.
6 
No person shall in the United Kingdom or in United Kingdom waters–
(a) use any scallops or mussels taken out of the designated area after the relevant time in the preparation or processing for supply of food and anything from which food could be derived,
(b) land any scallops or mussels which were in waters in the designated area after the relevant time,
(c) supply, or have in possession for supply, any scallops or mussels which were in the designated area after the relevant time,
(d) supply, or have in possession for supply, any food or anything from which food could be derived in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of paragraph (a) of this article,
(e) feed to any creature a feeding stuff in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of paragraph (a) of this article.
E C Davison
Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office
Pentland House,
Edinburgh
4th June 1993
SCHEDULE
Article 3

That area of the sea surrounding the Northern Isles of the Orkney Islands and below the line of the mean high water springs on these Islands bounded as follows: on the north by a straight line extending in an easterly direction from a point at 59°25'N latitude and 3°20'W longitude to a point at 59°25'N latitude and 2°15'W longitude; then on the east by a straight line extending in a southerly direction from the last mentioned point to a point at 59°00'N latitude and 2°15'W longitude; then on the south by a straight line extending in a westerly direction from the last mentioned point to a point at 59°00'N latitude and 2°34.6'W longitude; then on the west by a straight line extending in a north westerly direction from the last mentioned point to Stream Taing 59°04.13'N latitude and 2°48.10'W longitude on the Island of Shapinsay then in a northerly direction following the line of mean high water springs on the eastern shore of that Island to Ness of Ork at 59°5.25'N latitude and 2°48.10'W longitude; then in a north westerly direction to the Point of Avelshay at 59°8.20'N latitude and 2°57.82'W longitude on the Island of Rousay; then extending generally in a northerly direction along the line of mean high water springs on the eastern shore and westerly on the northern shore of that Island to Farraclett Head at 59°11.33'N latitude and 2°58.00'W longitude; then in a north westerly direction to the point of beginning at 59°25'N latitude and 3°20'W longitude.
