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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-amendment-regulations-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2938",
  "legislation_title": "The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-amendment-regulations-2009",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\n1 These Regulations further amend the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2790 as previously amended by S.I. 2008/916 and S.I. 2009/205) (“the principal Regulations”) in order to provide for the execution and enforcement of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L135, 30.5.2009, p.3) (“Regulation 450/2009”). The Regulations also amend the way import is defined in the principal Regulations.\n2 In detail, these Regulations amend the principal Regulations by —\n(a) inserting a definition of Regulation 450/2009 (regulation 3(a)(i));\n(b) amending the definition of “import” to refer to products which come from outside the European Economic Area (regulation 3(a)(ii));\n(c) making it an offence to contravene specified requirements of Regulation 450/2009 (regulation 4), attaching penalties for such an offence (regulation 6), and providing for a defence in certain circumstances (regulation 8);\n(d) specifying the competent authorities for the purposes of certain provisions of Regulation 450/2009 (regulation 5);\n(e) designating the enforcement authorities for the purposes of certain provisions of Regulation 450/2009 (regulation 7); and\n(f) providing that certain provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 apply for the purposes of the enforcement of Regulation 450/2009 (regulation 9).\n3 A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact in the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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