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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/616",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": null,
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  "text": "“relevant food law” means–\n(a) food law in so far as it applies in relation to food, except in so far as it involves–\n(i) the regulation of residues of veterinary medicines and other substances under the Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1997 ,\n(ii) the regulation of residues of pesticides under the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 ,\n(iii) the application of the rules laid down for the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications of agricultural products and foodstuffs in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs as last amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded ,\n(iv) the application of the rules laid down for Community certificates of specific character which may be obtained for certain agricultural products and foodstuffs in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs as last amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded,\n(v) the regulation of organic products under the Organic Products (Imports from Third Countries) Regulations 2003 and the Organic Products Regulations 2004 ,\n(vi) the regulation of beef labelling under the Beef Labelling (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 , ...\n(vii) the regulation of the import of and trade in products of animal origin–\n(aa) under the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996 , with the exception of the execution and enforcement of regulation 3 thereof by the Agency, and\n(bb) under the Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 , with the exception of the execution and enforcement of regulation 4 thereof by the Agency;\n(vii) Schedule 2 to the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2006 in so far as that Schedule applies in relation to animals slaughtered for human consumption, together with point 2 of Part II of Chapter A of Annex III to Regulation 999/2001 in so far as that point applies in relation to animals slaughtered for human consumption.\n(b) food law in so far as it applies in relation to materials and articles in contact with food ...; and\n(c) food law in so far as it involves the regulation of primary production and those associated operations listed in paragraph 1 of Part AI of Annex I to Regulation 852/2004 under the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in sch. 3 para. (a)(vi) omitted (24.11.2006) by virtue of The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/530), reg. 1(1), sch. 8 para. 6(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. (a)(vii) inserted (24.11.2006) by The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/530), reg. 1(1), sch. 8 para. 6(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in sch. 3 para. (b) omitted (20.5.2006) by virtue of The Ceramic Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/230), regs. 1(2), 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in sch. 3 para. (c) substituted (11.1.2006) by The Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/3), reg. 1(1), sch. 7 para. 50 (with reg. 35)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/1729, amended by S.I. 2001/3590 and S.I. 2004/147."
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    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2000/22, as amended by S.S.I. 2001/84, 221 and 435, 2002/271 and 489, 2003/118 and 445, 2004/104, 220 and 399 and 2005/109 and 281."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 208, 24.7.92, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 236, 23.9.03, p.33."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 208, 24.7.92, p.9."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2821."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/1604."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2001/252."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M9",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/3124, amended by S.I. 1996/3125, 1997/1181 and 3023, 1998/994, 1999/221 and 683, S.S.I. 2000/62, 171 and 288, 2001/169 and 257, 2002/87, 234 and 445, 2003/299, 405, 466 and 568."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M10",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2002/445 as amended by S.S.I. 2002/565, 2003/165, 225, 333 and 411 and 2005/323."
    }
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