Paragraph 12 Special provisions relating to overall migrationI1

Scotland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 para. 6(1) word substituted by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 2(4)
Sch. 2 para. 9 word substituted by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 2(4)
Sch. 2 para. 1 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 2 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 3 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 4 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 5 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 6 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 7 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 8 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 9 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 10 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 11 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 12 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 13 coming into force by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food 2008 reg. 1(1)(b)

(1)

Any plastic material or article which exceeds its overall migration limit by an amount not exceeding the analytical tolerance specified in sub paragraph (2) shall be deemed for the purposes of these Regulations not to exceed its overall migration limit.

(2)

The following analytical tolerances shall be applied for limits of overall migration–

(a)

20 mg/kg or, as the case may be, 3 milligrams per square decimetre in migration tests using as a simulant rectified olive oil or substitutes;

(b)

12 mg/kg or, as the case may be, 2 milligrams per square decimetre in migration tests using other simulants referred to in Schedule 3.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 1.5.2008, see reg. 1(1)(b)