# The Contaminants in Food (Scotland) Regulations 2006, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations–
“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“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;
“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;
“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
“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.
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/306/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-2
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