The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003

Made: 27th February 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 28th February 2003

Coming into force: 31st March 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st March 2003.

Amendment to the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

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• (1) The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 are amended in accordance with this regulation.

• (2) In Schedule 1 , with effect from 1st July 2003, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order in column 1, there are inserted, together with the corresponding entries in column 2, the following entries:–

• (3) In Schedule 1, with effect from 1st August 2003, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order in column 1, there are inserted, together with the corresponding entries in column 2, the following entries:–

• (4) In Part 1 of Schedule 2, with effect from 1st August 2003, the entry relating to Bitertanol together with all residue levels relevant thereto is omitted.

• (5) For Part 2 of Schedule 2 , there is substituted the Part set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

• (6) For Schedule 5 , there is substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Consequential amendments

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Regulation 2(6) and (7) of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2002 are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 5 “The Residue Directives” means Council Directive 1986/362/EEC[^f00007] as amended by

together with Council Directive 1986/363/EEC[^f00009] as amended by

and Council Directive 1990/642/EEC[^f00010] as amended by

Signed

ROSS FINNIE — A member of the Scottish Executive — 27th February 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15. The function conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, was transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2000/22 amended by S.S.I. 2001/84, 221 and 435 and 2002/271 and 489.

[^f00003]: Schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2001/84 and 221 and 2002/271 and 489.

[^f00004]: Part 2 of Schedule 2 was substituted by S.S.I. 2002/489.

[^f00005]: Schedule 5 was inserted by S.S.I. 2002/271 and substituted by S.S.I. 2002/489.

[^f00006]: S.S.I. 2002/489.

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L 221, 7.8.86, p.37.

[^f00008]: As amended by Corrigendum to Commission Directive 2002/42/EC, O.J. No. L 140, 30.5.02, p.39.

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L 221, 7.8.86, p.43.

[^f00010]: O.J. No. L 350, 14.12.90, p.71.

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