{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/127",
  "legislation_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Required standard relating to plastic multi-layer materials and articles",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a plastic multi layer material or article meets the required standard if each layer of it complies with these Regulations.\n(2) A layer which is not in direct contact with food and is separated from such contact by a plastic functional barrier does not have to comply with the requirements of these Regulations provided that–\n(a) the finished material or article complies with the relevant specific and overall migration limits; and\n(b) if any substance used in the manufacture of the layer is not included in the Directive or in national lists referred to in that Directive, that substance meets the requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4).\n(3) A substance mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) must not belong to the category of those classified–\n(a) as proved or suspect “carcinogenic”, “mutagenic” or “toxic to reproduction” substances in Annex I to Directive 67/548/EEC, or\n(b) under the self responsibility criteria as “carcinogenic”, “mutagenic” or “toxic to reproduction” substances according to the rules of Annex VI to that Directive.\n(4) The migration of a substance mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) into a food or simulant must not exceed 0.01 mg/kg, measured and expressed in accordance with the requirements and specifications contained in Article 7a(3) of the Directive.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 11 in force at 1.5.2008, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 196, 16.8.1967, p.1 as last amended by Directive 2006/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 396, 30.12.2006, p.850)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "ssi/2008/127",
      "affecting_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/127/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:29:56.724089+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."
}