{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2004/6",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat Products (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations apply to meat products which are ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment.\n(2) These Regulations shall not apply in respect of any food which is–\n(a) not intended for sale for human consumption; or\n(b) marked or labelled with a clear indication that the food is intended exclusively for consumption by babies or young children.\n(3) Regulation 4 (restrictions on the use of certain names) shall not apply in respect of any food which is brought into Scotland from–\n(a) an EEA State (other than the United Kingdom) having been lawfully produced there and lawfully sold;\n(b) a Member State (other than the United Kingdom) in which it was in free circulation and lawfully sold;\n(c) another part of the United Kingdom in which it was lawfully sold–\n(i) having been lawfully produced there;\n(ii) having been lawfully produced in an EEA State; or\n(iii) having been in free circulation and lawfully sold in a Member State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/6/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:33:27.470057+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."
}