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

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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 cocoa product” and “designated chocolate product” mean any such product which is respectively a cocoa product or a chocolate product;
“Directive 2000/36/EC” means Council Directive 2000/36/EC relating to cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption ;
“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;
“EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement;
“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, and “prepared” shall be construed accordingly;
“reserved description”, as respects any designated product, means any description specified in relation to that product in column 1 of Schedule 1;
“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;
“sell” includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for sale, and “sell” 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/291/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cocoa-and-chocolate-products-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-2
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