{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-irradiation-provisions-scotland-regulations-2000/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-irradiation-provisions-scotland-regulations-2000/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2000/309",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Irradiation Provisions (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-irradiation-provisions-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)–\n(a) there shall be inserted after the definition of “the Agency” the following definitions–\n““the Directives” means Directive 1999/2 and Directive 1999/3;\n“Directive 1999/2” means the European Parliament and Council Directive 99/2/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation;\n“Directive 1999/3” means the European Parliament and Council Directive 99/3/EC on the establishment of a Community list of foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation;”; and\n(b) in the definition of “ionising radiation”, for the words “0.5 Gy” in sub paragraph (a)(iii) there shall be substituted the words “0.01 Gy in the case of inspection devices which utilise neutrons and 0.5 Gy otherwise” and for the words “and 5 MeV otherwise” there shall be substituted the words “, 14 MeV in the case of neutrons and 5 MeV otherwise”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 20.9.2000, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 66, 13.3 99, p.16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 66, 13.3.99, p.24."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/309/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:49:45.836915+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."
}