The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made: 8th October 2007

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

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PART 1 — Preliminary

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Scope

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PART 2 — General Requirements for Materials and Articles

Enforcement of Regulation 1935/2004

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Enforcement of Regulation 2023/2006

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Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 1935/2004

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Competent authority for the purposes of Regulation 2023/2006

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PART 3 — Requirements for Vinyl Chloride

Limits and migration limits

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Methods of Analysis

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PART 4 — Requirements for Regenerated Cellulose Film

Controls and limits

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Migration limits for regenerated cellulose film coated with plastics

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Saving and transitional provisions and defences

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PART 5 — General

Offences and penalties

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Enforcement

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Offences due to act or default of a third party

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Time limit for prosecutions

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General defences

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Procedure where a sample is to be analysed

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Secondary analysis by the Government Chemist

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Application of various provisions of the Order

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Amendment of the Ceramic Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

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Amendments to the 2006 Regulations

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Revocations

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 8th October 2007.

Don Hill — A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1663 (N.I.12), paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c.28 and S.R.2004 Nos. 482 and 505

[^f00003]: 1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51)

[^f00004]: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. That Regulation was last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 (OJ No. L100, 8.4.2006, p.3)

[^f00006]: OJ No. L220, 15.8.2002, p.18. This Directive was corrected by a corrigendum (OJ No. L39, 13.2.2003, p.1), and has been amended as at the date these Regulations were made by Commission Directives 2004/1/EC (OJ No. L7, 13.1.2004, p.45), 2004/19/EC (OJ No. L71, 10.3.2004, p.8), 2005/79/EC (OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.35) and Commission Directive 2007/19/EC (OJ No.L97, 12.4.2007, p.50)

[^f00007]: OJ No. L38, 13.2.2003, p.44

[^f00008]: OJ No. L7, 13.1.2004, p.45

[^f00009]: OJ No. L71, 10.3.2004, p.8

[^f00010]: OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.35

[^f00011]: OJ No. L97, 12.4.2007, p.50

[^f00012]: OJ No. L172, 30.6.2007, p.71. This Directive repealed and consolidated without further amendment Commission Directive 93/10/EEC as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/14/EC.

[^f00013]: OJ No. L338, 13.11.2004, p.4

[^f00014]: OJ No. L384, 29.12.2006, p.75

[^f00015]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^f00016]: OJ No. L213, 16.8.80, p.42

[^f00017]: OJ No. L167, 24.6.81, p.6

[^f00018]: S.R. 1987 No.432, as amended by S.R. 1991 No. 203, S.R. 1991 No. 344 and S.R. 1994 No. 174

[^f00019]: S.R. 2005 No.210. These Regulations were subsequently amended by S.R. 2006 No.2, S.R. 2006 No. 251 and S.R. 2006 No.420, but none of those amendments are relevant to this provision

[^f00020]: S.R. 2006 No. 217

[^f00023]: OJ No. L338, 13.11.2004, p.4

Editorial notes

Enforcement of Regulation 450/2009

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Enforcement of Regulation 2023/2006

Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 1935/2004

Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 450/2009

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Competent authority for the purposes of Regulation 2023/2006