# The Foods for Specific Groups (Scotland) Regulations 2016, Regulation 2: Interpretation

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(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“the Delegated Regulation” means Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/128 supplementing Regulation (EU) 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for food for special medical purposes
“food authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
“the EU Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009; and
“specified requirement” means any provision of the EU Regulation or the Delegated Regulation specified in column 1 of schedule 1 as read with the provisions specified in the corresponding entry in column 2.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires any reference in these Regulations to an Article is a reference to an Article of the EU Regulation or the Delegated Regulation, as the case may be.
(3) Expressions defined in Article 2 of the EU Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in that Regulation.
(4) Any reference to Article 2 of the EU Regulation or a provision of the EU Regulation or the Delegated Regulation, as the case may be specified in schedule 1 is a reference to that provision as amended from time to time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/190/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foods-for-specific-groups-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-2
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