
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish) Order 1997 and shall come into force at 1200 hours on 21st October 1997.
(2) In this Order–
 “relevant time” means 00:01 am on 21st October 1997.
2 
In the opinion of the Secretary of State fish in the area designated in article 3 below may be affected by oil or other chemical substances which 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 and take fish in the designated area.
5 
No person shall move any fish out of the designated area.
6 
No person shall in the United Kingdom or in United Kingdom waters–
(a) use any fish 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 fish which were taken from waters in the designated area after the relevant time,
(c) supply, or have in possession for supply, any fish 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.
G M Thomson
Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office
Pentland House,
Edinburgh
21st October 1997
SCHEDULE
Article 3

That area of the sea, lying on or towards the east of the Moray Firth, enclosed by a line extending from a point at 58° 25.00' North latitude and 02° 00.00' West longitude in an easterly direction to a point at 58° 25.00' North latitude and 01° 30.00' West longitude; then in a southerly direction to a point at 58° 10.00' North latitude and 01° 30.00' West longitude; then in a westerly direction to a point at 58° 10.00' North latitude and 02° 00.00' West longitude then in a northerly direction to the point of beginning.
