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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2012/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/318",
  "legislation_title": "The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;\n...\n...\n“Regulation 1935/2004” means Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC ;\n“Regulation 1895/2005” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1895/2005 on the restriction of use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food ;\n“Regulation 2023/2006” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food;\n“Regulation 450/2009” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food ;\n“Regulation 10/2011” means Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food , as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1416;\n“Regulation 2018/213” means Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2018/213 on the use of bisphenol A in varnishes and coatings intended to come into contact with food and amending Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 as regards the use of that substance in plastic food contact materials;\n“authorised officer” means any person, whether or not an officer of the authority concerned, who is authorised in writing by an authority having responsibility for execution and enforcement under regulation 20 to act in matters arising under these Regulations;\n“food authority” means an authority in terms of section 5(2) of the Act; and\n“preparation” includes manufacture and any form of treatment or process, and “prepare” is to be construed accordingly.\n(2) Expressions used in these Regulations and in Regulation 1935/2004, Regulation 1895/2005, Regulation 2023/2006, Regulation 450/2009, Regulation 10/2011, or Regulation 2018/213 bear the same meaning in these Regulations as they bear in those Regulations.\n(3) Any reference in these Regulations to Regulation 2023/2006 ... or Regulation 10/2011 is a reference to that Regulation ... as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (9.2.2023) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/373), regs. 1(1), 7(2)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (9.2.2023) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/373), regs. 1(1), 7(2)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) added (28.3.2019) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1, 3(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (28.3.2019) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1, 3(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 2(2) substituted (28.3.2019) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1, 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(3) omitted (9.2.2023) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/373), regs. 1(1), 7(2)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(3) omitted (9.2.2023) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/373), regs. 1(1), 7(2)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ No L 338, 13.11.2004, p.4, amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 188, 18.7.2009, p.14)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ No L 302, 19.11.2005, p.28."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "OJ No L 135, 30.5.2009, p.3."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "OJ No L 12, 15.1.2011, p.1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1282/2011 (OJ No. L 328, 10.12.2011, p.22)."
    }
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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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