Regulation 2 Amendment of the Medical Food (Wales) Regulations 2000I1

The Medical Food (Wales) Regulations 2000 M1 are amended as follows.

Regulation 2 (interpretation) is renumbered as paragraph (1) of that regulation.

After paragraph (1) as so renumbered, insert—

“(2)

In these Regulations, any reference to compliance with a provision of the Directive is to be read as a reference to complying with that provision as would be required if the provision formed part of domestic law.

(3)

For the purposes of these Regulations, Articles 4 to 5 of, and the Annex to, the Directive are to be read subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.”

In regulation 5A M2 (application of the improvement notice provisions of the Act), in each place where it occurs, for “Schedule” substitute “ Schedule 1 ”.

The Schedule is renumbered as Schedule 1.

After Schedule 1 as so renumbered, insert—

“SCHEDULE 2

Modifications to the Directive

Regulation 2(3)

1

The modifications of the Directive are as follows.

2

Article 4(2) is to be read as if for “Article 3 of Directive 79/112/EEC” there were substituted “ Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, ”.

3

Article 5 is to be read as if—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “where a product is manufactured in a third country” there were substituted “ where a product is manufactured outside of the United Kingdom ”;

(ii)

for the first reference to “Member States” there were substituted “ territories within the United Kingdom ”;

(iii)

the words “Member States may, if they can demonstrate that notification is not necessary in order to monitor those products efficiently in their territory, not impose that obligation” were omitted.

(b)

in paragraph 2, for “are those referred to in Article 9(4) of Directive 89/398/EEC.” there were substituted—

“are—

(a)

in respect of England, the Secretary of State,

(b)

in respect of Wales, the Welsh Ministers,

(c)

in respect of Scotland, Food Standards Scotland,

(d)

in respect of Northern Ireland, the Food Standards Agency.”

4

In the Annex, paragraph 4 is to be read as if for “Directive 91/321/EEC and its subsequent modifications” there were substituted “Directive 2006/141/EC M3”.