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The Food Safety Act 1990 (Amendment) Regulations 2004

S.I. 2004/2990 · Made 16 November 2004

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FOOD

Made 16th November 2004

Laid before Parliament 16th November 2004

Coming into force 7th December 2004

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2), after consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Councilf3 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2003/2901. As regards functions transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c. 46), these Regulations extend to Scotland pursuant to section 57(1) of that Act.

f2

1972 c. 68.

f3

OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1. That Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L245, 29.9.2003, p.4).

Contents

  1. 1Title, extent and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Food Safety Act 1990
  3. 3Amendment of the Food Safety Act 1990
  4. 4Amendment of the Food Safety Act 1990
  5. 5Amendment of the Food Safety Act 1990
  6. 6Amendment of the Food Safety Act 1990
  7. 7Consequential amendment
  8. Signature
  9. Explanatory note

1Title, extent and commencement

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Food Safety Act 1990 (Amendment) Regulations 2004; they extend to Great Britain and come into force on 7th December 2004.

(2)

Regulation 7 also extends to Northern Ireland.

2Amendment of the Food Safety Act 1990

The Food Safety Act 1990f1 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.

3Amendment of the Food Safety Act 1990

In section 1 (meaning of “food” and other basic expressions) for subsections (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections —

“(1)

In this Act “food” has the same meaning as it has in Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002.

(2)

In this Act “Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002” means Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.”.

4Amendment of the Food Safety Act 1990

In section 40 (power to issue codes of practice) —

(a)

in subsection (4)(a) there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “subject to subsection (4B) below,”;

(b)

after subsection (4A) there shall be inserted —

“(4B)

Subsection (4)(a) above shall not apply in any case in which consultation is required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002.”.

5Amendment of the Food Safety Act 1990

In section 48 (regulations and orders) —

(a)

in subsection (4) there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “Subject to subsection (4C) below,”;

(b)

after subsection (4B) there shall be inserted —

“(4C)

Subsection (4) above shall not apply in any case in which consultation is required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002.”.

6Amendment of the Food Safety Act 1990

In section 53(2) (general interpretation) —

(a)

for the entry for “food” there shall be substituted —

“

foodsection 1(1)”

”;

(b)

after the entry for “public analyst” there shall be inserted —

“

Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002section 1(2)

”.

7Consequential amendment

Paragraph (14) of regulation 9 of the Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Regulations 1994f1 (amendment of section 1 of the Food Safety Act 1990) shall be omitted.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Melanie Johnson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

16th November 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1.

These Regulations amend the Food Safety Act 1990 (“the Act”). The amendments are occasioned by Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the Council and European Parliament (OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1) laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.

2.

The Regulations replace the existing definition of “food” in the Act with the definition which applies for the purposes of (EC) Regulation 178/2002 (regulation 3). That definition is to be found in Article 2 of that Regulation.

3.

Pursuant to Article 4(2) and (3) of (EC) Regulation 178/2002 the Regulations also disapply provisions in sections 40 and 48 of the Act regarding public consultation in circumstances where similar provisions in Article 9 of (EC) Regulation 178/2002 require public consultation (regulations 4 and 5).

4.

The Regulations also make consequential amendments to the general interpretation provisions in section 53 of the Act (regulation 6) and a consequential amendment to a redundant provision in the Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Regulations 1994 (regulation 7).

5.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.