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| Application of Act to Crown. |
38. - (1) This Act binds the Crown (but does not affect Her Majesty in her private capacity).
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(2) Subsection (1)-
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(a) does not require subordinate legislation made under this Act to bind the Crown; and |
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(b) is to be interpreted as if section 38(3) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (references to Her Majesty in her private capacity) were contained in this Act. |
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(3) If the Secretary of State certifies that it appears to him requisite or expedient in the interests of national security that the powers of entry conferred by sections 10 and 14 should not be exercisable in relation to any premises specified in the certificate, being premises held or used by or on behalf of the Crown, those powers shall not be exercisable in relation to those premises.
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| Financial provisions. |
39. - (1) Any expenditure incurred by the Agency shall (so far as it is not met out of money provided by the National Assembly for Wales, the Scottish Parliament or the Northern Ireland Assembly or from any other source) be paid out of money provided by Parliament.
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(2) The National Assembly for Wales may make payments to the Agency.
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(3) There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament-
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(a) any expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown by virtue of this Act, |
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(b) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other enactment. |
| Minor and consequential amendments and repeals. |
40. - (1) Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments) has effect.
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(2) Any amendment made by Schedule 4 which extends to Scotland is to be taken as a pre-commencement enactment for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998.
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(3) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 5 are repealed to the extent specified.
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(4) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any amendment or repeal by this Act of any provision in the 1990 Act shall extend to any of the Channel Islands with such modifications (if any) as may be specified in the Order.
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| Power to make transitional provision etc. |
41. - (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make such transitional and consequential provisions and such savings as he considers necessary or expedient in preparation for, or in connection with, or in consequence of-
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(a) the coming into force of any provision of this Act; or |
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(b) the operation of any enactment repealed or amended by a provision of this Act during any period when the repeal or amendment is not wholly in force. |
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(2) Such regulations may make modifications of any enactment (including an enactment contained in this Act).
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(3) The power to make regulations under this section is also exercisable-
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(a) by the Scottish Ministers, in relation to provision that would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament to make; |
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(b) the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in relation to provision dealing with transferred matters. |
| Short title, commencement and extent. |
42. - (1) This Act may be cited as the Food Standards Act 1999.
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(2) This Act (apart from this section) shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.
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(3) The provisions of this Act shall be treated for the purposes of section 58 of the 1990 Act (territorial waters and the continental shelf) as if they were contained in that Act.
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(4) This Act extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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