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

Made: 15th September 2010

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 17th September 2010

Coming into force: 20th October 2010

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PART 1 — Preliminary

Citation, commencement and extent

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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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Offence 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 by corporate bodies or Scottish partnerships

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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 Act

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Consequential amendment to the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990

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Consequential amendment to the 2009 Regulations

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Amendment to the Food Labelling Regulations 1996

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Revocations

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Signed

SHONA ROBISON — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 15th September 2010

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c.16. Section 1(1) and (2) (definition of “food”) was substituted by S.I. 2004/2990; sections 16, 31 and 48(1) were amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c.28) (“the 1999 Act”), section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 8; section 17 was amended by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12; section 26(3) was repealed in part by the 1999 Act, Schedule 6; section 48(4) is disapplied in respect of these Regulations by virtue of section 48(4C) which was inserted by S.I. 2004/2990; amendments made by Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act should be taken as pre-commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”) by virtue of section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State, in so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. In so far as not so transferred those functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/849).

[^f00002]: 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).

[^f00003]: Section48(4A) was inserted by the 1999 Act, Schedule5, paragraph21.

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L31, 1.2.02, p.1 as amended by Regulation (EC) No.1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No.L245, 29.9.2003, p.4), Commission Regulation (EC) No.575/2006 (O.J. No.L100, 8.4.2006, p.3), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 202/2008 (O.J. No. L60, 5.3.2008, p.17) and Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

[^f00005]: S.S.I. 2009/30.

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L220, 15.8.2002, p.18. This Directive was corrected by a corrigendum (O.J. No. L39, 13.2.2003, p.1), and has been amended by Commission Directives 2004/1/EC (O.J. No. L7, 13.1.2004, p.45), 2004/19/EC (O.J. No. L71, 10.3.2004, p.8), 2005/79/EC (O.J. No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.35), 2007/19/EC (O.J. No .L97, 12.4.2007, p.50), 2008/39/EC (O.J. No L63, 7.3.2008, p.6) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 975/2009 (O.J. No. L274, 20.10.2009, p.3).

[^f00007]: O.J. 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]: O.J. No. L338, 13.11.2004, p.4, amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

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

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

[^f00011]: O.J. No. L213, 16.8.80, p.42.

[^f00012]: O.J. No. L167, 24.6.81, p.6.

[^f00013]: S.I. 1987/1523.

[^f00014]: S.S.I. 2005/243. Those Regulations were subsequently amended and then revoked by S.S.I. 2007/471.

[^f00015]: S.I. 1990/2463, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2007/471.

[^f00016]: S.I. 1996/1499. The definition of ingredient was previously amended by S.S.I. 2009/435.

[^f00017]: O.J. No. L135, 30.5.2009, p.3.

[^f00018]: S.S.I. 2007/471, as amended by S.S.I. 2009/30 and S.S.I. 2009/426.

[^f00019]: S.S.I. 2009/426.

Editorial notes

[^key-fbbef343c14fa2b625ce41c140b16520]: Regulations revoked (22.12.2012) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/318), reg. 1, sch. 2 (with reg. 3)

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