{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Restriction on the use, sale or import of plastic materials and articles",
  "text": "(1) No person may–\n(a) use for the handling of food in the course of a business; or\n(b) for the purpose of the handling of food–\n(i) sell; or\n(ii) import from anywhere other than an EEA State,\na plastic material or article which fails to meet the required standard.\n(2) For the purposes of this regulation a plastic material or article fails to meet the required standard if it–\n(a) has been manufactured with a prohibited monomer as described in regulation 4(2) or a prohibited additive as described in regulation 5(2); or\n(b) does not meet the required standards set out in regulation 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 1.5.2008, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "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/3",
    "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."
}