Regulation 3 Exemptions

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 3(1)(i) words substituted by Food (Provisions relating to Labelling) 2003 reg. 4
reg. 3(1)(iv) words substituted by Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) 2000 reg. 11(3)
reg. 3(1)(iv) words substituted by Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) 2000 reg. 11(3)
reg. 3(1)(iv) words substituted by Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) 2000 reg. 11(3)
reg. 3(1)(iv) words substituted by Food Irradiation Provisions 2000 reg. 19
reg. 3(1)(iv) words substituted by Food Irradiation Provisions 2000 reg. 19
reg. 3(1)(iv) words substituted by Food Labelling 1999 reg. 4
reg. 3(5) words substituted by Food Labelling 1999 reg. 4
reg. 3(1)(iv) words substituted by Food Irradiation Provisions 2001 reg. 19
reg. 3(1)(1A) substituted for reg. 3(1) by Food Labelling 1998 reg. 4
reg.3 amended by Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) 2000 reg.11 (3)
reg.3 amended by Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) 2000 reg 11(3)
reg.3 amended by Food Labelling 1999 reg.4
reg.3 amended by Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) 2000 reg.11(3)
reg. 3(1)(iv) substituted by Food for Particular Nutritional Uses 2010 reg. 2(3)
reg. 3(1A)(a) word omitted by Food Labelling 2004 reg. 4
reg. 3(1A)(aA) inserted by Food Labelling 2004 reg. 4
reg. 3(2) words substituted by Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology or Numbering) 2012 Sch. Pt. 2
reg. 3(1) substituted by Food Information 2014 Sch. 7 Pt. 2 para. 12
reg. 3(1)(i) words substituted by Food Labelling Amendment 2003 reg. 4(1)(2)
reg. 3(1)(i) words substituted by Food (Provisions relating to Labelling) 2004 reg. 4
reg. 3(1A) word omitted by Food Labelling 2004 reg. 4
reg. 3(1A)(aA) inserted by Food Labelling 2004 reg. 4
reg. 3(1)(iv) substituted by Food for Particular Nutritional Uses 2010 reg. 2(3)
reg. 3(1) substituted by Food Information 2014 Sch. 7 para. 12
reg. 3(1A)(a) word omitted by Food Labelling Amendment 2004 reg. 4
reg. 3(1A)(aa) inserted by Food Labelling Amendment 2004 reg. 4
reg. 3(1)(iv) substituted by Food for Particular Nutritional Uses 2010 reg. 2(3)

(1)

Except for Regulation 31, these regulations shall not apply in respect of—

(a)

any food to which the provisions of the EEA Agreement applies brought into Great Britain from an EEA State in which it was lawfully produced and sold;

(b)

any food lawfully produced in another Member State brought into Great Britain from a Member State in which it was lawfully sold;

(c)

any food lawfully produced outside the European Community brought into Great Britain from a Member State in which it was in free circulation and lawfully sold,

which is labelled with a name that is sufficiently precise to inform a purchaser of its true nature and to enable it to be distinguished from food with which it could be confused, the label being in a language easily understood by the purchaser.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this regulation “free circulation” has the same meaning as in Article 9.2 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

(3)

These Regulations, except in so far as they relate to advertising, shall not apply to any food which is—

(a)

not intended for sale for human consumption, or

(b)

supplied under Government contracts for consumption by Her Majesty’s forces or supplied for consumption by a visiting force within the meaning of any of the provisions of Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 1952^f1, and was prepared and labelled for sale before 16th November 1992.

(4)

Subject to paragraph (5) of this regulation, regulation 29 and Part III of these Regulations shall not apply to natural mineral water (other than such water which has been artificially carbonated).

(5)

Regulations 40 and 41 shall apply to natural mineral water in so far as they relate to item 1 in Part II of Schedule 6, and regulation 41 shall apply to such water in so far as it relates to the descriptions “dietary” and “dietetic” in Schedule 8.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1952 c. 67; the definition of “visiting force” in section 12 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), section 170 and Schedule 15, paragraph 14.