Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations –

• “the 1996 Regulations” means the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f1;

• “candy sugar” means crystalline sugar with crystals having any dimension greater than one centimetre;

• “catering establishment” means a restaurant, canteen, club, public house, school, hospital or similar establishment (including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall) where, in the course of a business, food is prepared for delivery to the ultimate consumer and is ready for consumption without further preparation;

• “EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area^f2 signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol^f3 signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;

• “EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement;

• “icing sugar” means fine particles of white sugar or extra-white sugar or mixtures thereof;

• “the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

• “preparation” includes manufacture and any form of processing or treatment;

• “reserved description”, as respects any specified sugar product, means any description specified in relation to that product in column 1 of Schedule 1 (as read with the notes relating to that Schedule), and the use of any such description in these Regulations shall be construed as meaning the product to which that description relates;

• “sell” includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for sale;

• “specified sugar product” means any food specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 (as read with the Notes relating to that Schedule) but does not include any such food in the form of icing sugar, candy sugar or sugar in loaf form;

• “sugar in loaf form” means a piece of agglomerated crystalline sugar, usually conically shaped, weighing not less than 250 grammes; and

• “ultimate consumer” means any person who buys otherwise than –

  1. (a)

     for the purpose of resale,

  2. (b)

     for the purposes of a catering establishment, or

  3. (c)

     for the purposes of a manufacturing business.