The Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made: 2nd September 2010

Coming into operation: 1st October 2010

As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety[^f00004], there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of these Regulations.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and come into operation on 1st October 2010.

• (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[^f00005] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment to the Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

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The Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007[^f00006] are amended in accordance with regulation 3.

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In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) for the definition of “the EC Regulation” substitute —

• “the EC Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods, as Annex I or II to that Regulation may be amended from time to time;

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Signed

Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 2nd September 2010.

Linda Devlin — A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 301) to the effect that where those Regulations mention “the EC Regulation”, that reference will be ambulatory to a specified extent. Any such reference will be to Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods (OJ No. L404, 30.12.2006, p.26) as that Regulation may be amended from time to time by changes made to its Annexes I or II. These Annexes have been previously amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1170/2009 (OJ No. L314, 1.12.2009, p.36).

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 (2006 c.51) and amended by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (2008 c.7)

[^f00004]: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1. That Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No.596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468 with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14)

[^f00005]: 1954 c.33

[^f00006]: S.R. 2007 No. 301, as amended by S.R. 2009 No. 407

[^f00007]: OJ No. L404, 30.12.2006, p.26. This Regulation was last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1170/2009 (OJ No. L314, 1.12.2009, p.36.)