{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/415",
  "legislation_title": "The Novel Foods (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;\n“Regulation (EU) 2015/2283” means Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25th November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001;\n“authorised officer” means any person (whether or not an officer of the food authority) who is authorised by a food authority in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters arising under these Regulations and Regulation (EU) 2015/2283;\n“food authority” has the same meaning as set out in section 5(2) of the Act.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to an Article is a reference to an Article of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.\n(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, any expression used both in these Regulations and Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 has the meaning that it bears in Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.1.2018, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 5(2) of the Act was amended by, paragraph 163(2) of Schedule 13 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/415/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:15:21.976834+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."
}