# Specified Sugar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

In these Regulations –
“the 1996 Regulations” means the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996;
“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 signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol 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 –
(a) for the purpose of resale,
(b) for the purposes of a catering establishment, or
(c) for the purposes of a manufacturing business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/301/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/specified-sugar-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-2
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