{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-and-feed-hygiene-and-safety-miscellaneous-amendments-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-and-feed-hygiene-and-safety-miscellaneous-amendments-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1504",
  "legislation_title": "The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-and-feed-hygiene-and-safety-miscellaneous-amendments-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "text": "(1) The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 7, in the regulation to be inserted, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “ Great Britain ”.\n(3) In regulation 13, in the definitions to be inserted—\n(a) in the definition of “appropriate authority”, omit point (iv);\n(b) in the definition of “Food Safety Authority”, for “England, Wales and Northern Ireland” substitute “ England and Wales ”;\n(c) omit subparagraph (h).\n(4) For regulation 24 substitute—\n“\n24 In Article 15—\n(a) in paragraph 1—\n(i) in point (c), omit “established within the Community”;\n(ii) in point (e), for “relevant Community provisions or, in their absence, national provisions” substitute “ retained EU law or any other enactments ”;\n(b) in paragraph 4, for “in a language easily understood by purchasers” substitute “ in English, or in English and Welsh ”;\n(c) omit paragraphs 5 and 6;\n(d) in paragraph 9, at point (b), for “, in their absence, with any national provisions” substitute “ any other enactment ”.”.\n(5) In regulation 33, in the Article to be inserted—\n(a) omit paragraph 1(c);\n(b) in paragraph 4—\n(i) for “Any statutory instrument, Scottish statutory instrument or statutory rule” substitute “ Any statutory instrument or Scottish statutory instrument ”;\n(ii) in subparagraph (b), for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “ Senedd Cymru ”;\n(iii) omit subparagraph (d);\n(c) omit paragraph 5(d).\n(6) In regulation 44, in the Article to be inserted—\n(a) omit paragraph 1(c);\n(b) in paragraph 4—\n(i) for “Any statutory instrument, Scottish statutory instrument or statutory rule” substitute “ Any statutory instrument or Scottish statutory instrument ”;\n(ii) in subparagraph (b), for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “ Senedd Cymru ”;\n(iii) omit subparagraph (d);\n(c) omit paragraph 5(d).\n(7) In regulation 68, in the Article to be inserted—\n(a) omit paragraph 1(c);\n(b) in paragraph 4—\n(i) for “Any statutory instrument, Scottish statutory instrument or statutory rule” substitute “ Any statutory instrument or Scottish statutory instrument ”;\n(ii) in subparagraph (b), for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “ Senedd Cymru ”;\n(iii) omit subparagraph (d);\n(c) omit paragraph 5(d).\n(8) In Schedule 3 (Schedule for inclusion in the 2012 Regulations), in Schedule 4 (declaration of compliance), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “ Great Britain ”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2019/704."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1504/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:20:37.126670+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}