# The Food Safety Act 1990 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2026, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16). These Regulations restate secondary assimilated law within the meaning of section 12(2)(b) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28).
Regulation 2 amends section 17 of the Food Safety Act 1990 to replace references to “EU” obligations and provisions with “assimilated” obligations and provisions and replaces a reference to “directly applicable EU provision” with “provision of assimilated direct legislation”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111064115/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-food-safety-act-1990-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026/note
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