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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (c. 48)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Food and Environment Protection Act 1985

1985 CHAPTER 48

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. PART I

    CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

    1. Emergency orders etc

      1. 1. Power to make emergency orders

      2. 2. Powers of Ministers when emergency order has been made

    2. Investigation and enforcement

      1. 3. Authorisation of investigating officers and enforcement officers

      2. 4. Powers of officers

  2. PART II

    DEPOSITS IN THE SEA

    1. Licensing

      1. 5. Requirement of licences for deposit of substances and articles in the sea etc

      2. 6. Requirement for licences for incineration at sea etc

      3. 7. Exemptions

      4. 7A. Application of Part II: further provisions

      5. 8. Licences

    2. Offences relating to licensing system etc

      1. 9. Offences relating to licensing system

      2. 10. Power to take remedial action

    3. Enforcement

      1. 11. Powers of officers

      2. 12. Enforcement of Conventions

    4. Miscellaneous

      1. 13. Powers of Ministers to test and to charge for testing

      2. 14. Duty of licensing authority to keep public registers of information

      3. 15. Repeal of Dumping at Sea Act 1974, consequential amendments and transitional provisions

  3. Part III

    Pesticides Etc

    1. 16. Control of pesticides etc

    2. 17. Codes of practice

    3. 18. Payments for general purposes of Part III

    4. 19. Enforcement powers

  4. Part IV

    General and Supplementary

    1. 20. Application to Crown etc

    2. 21. Offences—penalties etc

    3. 22. General defence of due diligence

    4. 23. Financial provisions

    5. 24. Interpretation

    6. 25. Northern Ireland

    7. 26. Channel Islands etc

    8. 27. Commencement

    9. 28. Short title

  5. SCHEDULE 1

    Emergency Prohibitions

  6. SCHEDULE 2

    Officers and their Powers

  7. SCHEDULE 3

    Licences—Right to make Representations etc

  8. SCHEDULE 4

  9. SCHEDULE 5

    The Advisory Committee

An Act to authorise the making in an emergency of orders specifying activities which are to be prohibited as a precaution against the consumption of food rendered unsuitable for human consumption in consequence of an escape of substances; to replace the Dumping at Sea Act 1974 with fresh provision for controlling the deposit of substances and articles in the sea; to make provision for the control of the deposit of substances and articles under the sea-bed; to regulate pesticides and substances, preparations and organisms prepared or used for the control of pests or for protection against pests; and for connected purposes.

[16th July 1985]

X1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act: transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Act: applied (12.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/743, reg. 2(1)(3)(8)

Extent Information

E1Act (except Pt. 1, 3, Sch. 1 and 5): extended (21.7.1999) by S.I. 1988/1084, art. 2, Sch. 2 (subject to an ammendment by 1999/669, art. 2, 3)

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 27(1)(2). Act Wholly in force at 1.1.1986.

Editorial Information

X1The text of ss. 1 – 4, 20 – 24, 25(1)(2)(4) – (6), 27, 28, Schs. 1, 2 are from SIF group 53:1 and 53:2 (Food: England and Wales and Food: Scotland); ss. 5 – 15, 20 – 24, 25(1)(3) – (6), 26 – 28, Schs. 2 – 4 are from SIF group 111 (Shipping) ; ss. 16 – 24, 25(1)(2)(4) – (6), 27, 28, Schs. 2 and 5 are from SIF group 46:4 (Environment: Pollution Prevention)

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