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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2013/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/336",
  "legislation_title": "The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2013",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations implement Commission Regulation (EU) No 1079/2013 laying down transitional measures for the application of Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (“the Commission Regulation”). They also implement Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 702/2013 on transitional measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out official testing for Trichinella (“the Commission Implementing Regulation”). In addition they correct a minor error in the Food Safety Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”).\nThese Regulations implement the Commission Regulation by amending the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006 to extend transitional measures until 31 December 2016, by omitting the definition of and references to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009 (“Regulation 1162/2009”), which is being repealed, and inserting references to the Commission Regulation and the Commission Implementing Regulation (regulation 2).\nThe Regulations implement the Commission Implementing Regulation by amending the Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2009 to extend transitional measures until 31 December 2016, by omitting the definition of and references to Regulation 1162/2009, and inserting references to the Commission Implementing Regulation (regulation 3).\nThese Regulations make a minor amendment to section 9(5)(a) of the 1990 Act to correct an erroneous reference to a paragraph number (regulation 4).\nA business and regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact is foreseen on business or on the public or voluntary sectors.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/336/note",
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  "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."
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