{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-food-england-regulations-2004/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-food-england-regulations-2004/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2335",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Food (England) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-food-england-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations —\n“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;\n“food authority” does not include\n(a)the council of a district of a non-metropolitan county, except where the county functions have been transferred to that council pursuant to a structural change, or\n(b)the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner and Middle Temple);\n“Regulation 1829/2003” means Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed ;\n“specified Community provision” means a provision of Regulation 1829/2003 specified in Column 1 and described in Column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n(a) any reference to a numbered article is a reference to the article so numbered in Regulation 1829/2003;\n(b) any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation so numbered in these Regulations;\n(c) any reference to a Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations.\n(3) Other expressions used in these Regulations and in Regulation 1829/2003 have the same meanings in these Regulations as in Regulation 1829/2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ No. L268, 18.10.2003, p.1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2335/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:18:56.708769+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."
}