Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations —

• “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

• “the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 372/2007 laying down transitional migration limits for plasticisers in gaskets in lids intended to come into contact with foods^f1;

• “authorised officer” means any person who is authorised in writing, either generally or specially, by a food authority or as the case may be a port health authority to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

• “food authority” does not include the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple) nor a port health authority;

• “import” means import in the course of a business from a place other than a Member State;

• “lid” means a lid of the type mentioned in Article 1 of the Commission Regulation;

• “port health authority” means —

  1. (a)

     in relation to the London port health district (within the meaning given to that phrase for the purposes of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984^f2 by section 7(1) of that Act), the Common Council of the City of London; and

  2. (b)

     in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act.

Any other expression used in these Regulations and in the Commission Regulation has the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in the Commission Regulation.