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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/306",
  "legislation_title": "The Contaminants in Food (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-scotland-regulations-2006",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations–\n“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;\n“authorised lettuce” means lettuce of the kind specified in point 1.3 of section 1 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation, which complies with the conditions of the derogation under Article 3b.2 of that Regulation in relati on to the United Kingdom;\n“authorised officer” means any person who is authorised in writing, either generally or specifically, by a food authority to act in matters arising under these Regulations;\n“authorised spinach” means spinach of the kind specified in point 1.1 of section 1 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation, which complies with the conditions of the derogation under Article 3b.1 of that Regulation in relation to the United Kingdom; and\n“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs as corrected by a corrigendum published on 30th November 2001 and as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 2375/2001, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 221/2002, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 257/2002, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 472/2002 as corrected by a corrigendum published on 23rd March 2002, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 563/2002 as corrected by a corrigendum published on 14th June 2002, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1425/2003, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2174/2003, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 242/2004, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 455/2004, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 655/2004, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 683/2004, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 684/2004, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 78/2005, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 123/2005, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 208/2005, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1822/2005, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 856/2005 and (from 4th November 2006) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 199/2006.\n(2) Other expressions used in these Regulations and in the Commission Regulation have the same meaning as in the Commission Regulation.",
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 77, 16.3.01, p.1. Article 1.3 of and Annex I to this Regulat ion specify the Community methods of sampling and analysis that are required to be used for the official control of levels of the substances covered by the Regulation. These methods are set out in Commission Directives 2001/22/EC, 2002/63/EC, 2002/69/EC, 2004/16/EC and 2005/10/EC and in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 401/2006. More details of these instruments are given in the Explanatory Note to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 313, 30.11.01, p.60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 321, 6.12.01, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 37, 7.2.02, p.4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 41, 13.2.02, p.12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 75, 16.3.02, p.18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 80, 23.3.02, p.42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 86, 3.4.02, p.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 155, 14.6.02, p.63."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 203, 12.8.03, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 326, 13.12.03, p.12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 42, 13.2.04, p.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 74, 12.3.04, p.11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 104, 8.4.04, p.48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 106, 15.4.04, p.3."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 106, 15.4.04, p. 6."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f17",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 16, 20.1.05, p.43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f18",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 25, 28.1.05, p.3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f19",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 34, 8.2.05, p.3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f20",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 293, 9.11.05, p.11."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f21",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 143, 7.6.05, p.3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f22",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 32, 4.2.06, p 34."
    }
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