The Meat (Enhanced Enforcement Powers) (England) Regulations 2000

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by that section insofar as these Regulations could not have been made under the powers mentioned below;

And the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 16(1)(b), (c), (d) and (f), 17(1), 19(1), 26(2)(e) and (f), 37(2) and 48(1) of, and paragraphs 5(1) and (2)(a), 6(1) and 7(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 19903, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of that Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations, and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 19924;