# The Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 6: Amendment of Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003


In Article 2, at the end, insert—
“17. “Food Safety Authority” means—
(a) as regards England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Food Standards Agency;
(b) as regards Scotland, Food Standards Scotland;
18. “appropriate authority” means—
(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(d) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland devolved authority;
19. “prescribe” means prescribe by regulations;
20. “third country” means a country or state other than the United Kingdom;
21. “public analyst” has the meaning it bears in the Food Safety Act 1990 or, in the case of Northern Ireland, the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;
22. “Northern Ireland devolved authority” means the Department of Health;
23. “reference laboratory” means the laboratory appointed by the appropriate authority in accordance with Article 32.”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111180273/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-genetically-modified-food-and-feed-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-6
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.