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(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1999.
(2) In this Order—
(a) “designated area” means the area designated in the Schedule;
(b) “relevant time” means, in relation to the designated area 00.01 hours on 1st September 1999;
(c) “scallops” means scallops of the species Pecten maximus and Queen scallops of the species of Chlamys opercularis;
(d) “the Act” means the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985; and
(e) “the Department” means the Department of Agriculture.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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In the opinion of the Department, scallops in the designated area may be affected by the toxin which causes amnesic shellfish poisoning in human beings and are likely to create a hazard to human health if they are consumed.
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The area described in the Schedule is hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Act.
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A person shall not fish for or take any scallops in the designated area.
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A person shall not move any scallops out of the designated area or from one place to another within the designated area.
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A person shall not—
(a) use any scallops taken out of a 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 which were in waters in the designated area after the relevant time;
(c) supply, or have in possession for supply, any scallops 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.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on
R. S. Johnston
Assistant Secretary
1st September 1999.
SCHEDULE
Article 3

Waters in ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Area VIa which are within British fishery limits and which are adjacent to Northern Ireland.
