The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made: 15th September 2010

Coming into operation: 20th October 2010

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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

Offences of contravening specified provisions of Regulation 1935/2004

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Offences of contravening Article 4 of Regulation 2023/2006

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Offences of contravening specified provisions of Regulation 450/2009

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Competent authorities

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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 provision and transitional defence

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PART 5 — General

Offences and penalties

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Enforcement

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Offences due to the 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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Consequential amendment to the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

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Consequential amendment to the 2009 Regulations

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Amendment to the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

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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 15th September 2010.

Linda Devlin — 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 (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]: S.R. 2009 No.56

[^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 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), 2007/19/EC (OJ No.L97, 12.4.2007, p.50), 2008/39/EC (OJ No L63, 7.3.2008, p.6) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 975/2009 (OJ No. L274, 20.10.2009, p.3)

[^f00007]: 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

[^f00008]: OJ No. L338, 13.11.2004, p.4, amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14)

[^f00009]: OJ No. L384, 29.12.2006, p.75, amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No.282/2008 (OJ No. L86, 28.3.2008, p.9)

[^f00010]: OJ No. L135, 30.5.2009, p.3

[^f00011]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^f00012]: OJ No. L213, 16.8.80, p.42

[^f00013]: OJ No. L167, 24.6.81, p.6

[^f00014]: S.R. 1987 No. 432. These Regulations were revoked by S.R. 2005 No. 210

[^f00015]: S.R. 2005 No. 210. These Regulations were 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

[^f00016]: S.R. 1991 No.198, amended by S.R. 2007 No. 434; there are other amending rules but none is relevant

[^f00017]: S.R. 1996 No. 383 The definition of ingredient was previously amended by S.R. 2009 No. 415

[^f00018]: S.R. 2007 No. 434

[^f00019]: S.R 2009 No. 377

Editorial notes