# The Cocoa and Chocolate Products (England) Regulations 2003, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“catering establishment” means a restaurant, canteen, club, public house, school, hospital or similar establishment (including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall) where, in the course of a business, food is prepared for delivery to the ultimate consumer and is ready for consumption without further preparation;
“designated product” means any cocoa or chocolate product specified in column 2 of Schedule 1, as read with any Note to that Schedule and any provision of regulation 3 and Schedule 2 relating to that product; and “designated chocolate product” and “designated cocoa product” mean any such product which is respectively a chocolate product or a cocoa product;
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“food authority” does not include—
(a)the council of a district in a non-metropolitan county except where the county functions have been transferred to that council pursuant to a structural change, or
(b)the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner and the Middle Temple);
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“other edible substances” does not include vegetable fats referred to in regulation 3 or the filling of any product specified in column 2 of item 7 or of item 10(a) of Schedule 1;
“preparation” includes manufacture and any form of processing or treatment;
“Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011” means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 , as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods;
“reserved description”, as respects any designated product, means any description specified in relation to that product in column 1 of Schedule 1;
“sell” includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for sale, and “sale” shall be construed accordingly; and
“ultimate consumer” means any person who buys otherwise than—
(a)for the purpose of resale,
(b)for the purposes of a catering establishment, or
(c)for the purposes of a manufacturing business.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1659/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cocoa-and-chocolate-products-england-regulations-2003/regulation-2
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