Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 2626

The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies)(Meat Hygiene) Order 1995

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1995 No. 2626

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies)(Meat Hygiene) Order 1995

The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in relation to England and Wales in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(5) and (6) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970^[1], and the Secretary of State for Scotland, in exercise of the powers so conferred in relation to Scotland, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Meat Hygiene) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 8th November 1995.

Designation of public body
    2.    The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England, and the Secretary of State in relation to Scotland and Wales, being persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be exercising functions of a public nature, shall be public bodies for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 to the extent that the functions exercised by those persons relate to inspections of meat for the purposes of hygiene or of animals for the purposes of welfare.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David Curry

Minister of State Department of the Environment

28th September 1995
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

4th October 1995

George Kynoch

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

9th October 1995

Article 2 of this Order designates the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and the Secretary of State in relation to Scotland and Wales under the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970.
The effect of the designation is to allow local authorities to provide goods and services to the Ministers in connection with the exercise of the Ministers' functions in relation to inspections of meat or animals.

[1] 1970 c. 39. The power conferred on the Minister of Housing and Local Government is exercisable by the Secretary of State: S.I.1970/1681. back