Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments First Special Report

Food Standards Agency Appendix 8A: instruments outstanding from 2002 and earlier

Total number of instruments outstanding: from 2000: 2 (of which action on 1remained outstanding on 1 May 2004)

from 2001: NIL

            from 2002:  1 (of which action on 1 remained outstanding on 1 May 2004)

JCSI Report Instrument title Regulation No. and ground for reporting Observation in earlier Return [year] Observations

2000

1999-2000

17th Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000
(S.I. 2000/656)
Schedule 4, Part VIII, paragraph 3: Defective drafting This S.I. amended The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2097) and in so doing corrupted the text of Regulation 5(2) of this Instrument. There are plans to amend S.I. 1996/2097 in the near future and the error will be corrected then. [1999/2000]
Still awaiting opportunity to make correcting amendments [2002]
Still awaiting an opportunity to amend

32nd
Food Irradiation Provisions (England) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2254) (a)  3: Defective drafting
(b)  7(b): Defective drafting
(c)  Failure to comply with paragraph 2.48 of the Statutory Instrument Practice
(d)  9(c): Requires elucidation
(e)  12: Defective drafting
(f)  14(a): [Printing error]
(g)  15: Defective drafting
(a) (b) (d) (e) (f) and (g) In the process of drafting the appropriate amending legislation
(c) No action necessary [2000]

(c) Comments noted. Paragraph 2.48 of the Statutory Instrument Practice will be adhered to in future. [2002]
Amending instrument issued:
Food (Control of Irradiation) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1922), c.i.f. 14 August 2002

2001 - NIL

2002

2001-02

24th Notification of Marketing of Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (England and Wales) Regulations 2002
(S.I. 2002/333)
Regulation 6 - defective drafting. The italicised words "unless the context otherwise requires" should have been omitted, since there is no context in which a different interpretation is required. Awaiting opportunity to amend. Still awaiting an opportunity to amend.



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