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Regulation 2 Interpretation

England and Wales

In these Regulations —

  • “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Food Safety Act 1990;

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

  • “catering establishment” (“sefydliad arlwyo”) 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;

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  • “food authority” (“awdurdod bwyd”) has the same meaning as in section 5(1A) and (3)(a) and (b) of the Food Safety Act 1990;

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

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  • “preparation” (“paratoi”) includes manufacture and any form of processing or treatment and “prepared” shall be construed accordingly;

  • “reserved description”, (“disgrifiad neilltuedig”) 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” (“gwerthu”) includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for sale, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

  • “specified sugar product” (“cynnyrch siwgr penodedig”) 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” (“siwgr lwmp”) means a piece of agglomerated crystalline sugar, usually conically shaped, weighing not less than 250 grammes; and

  • “ultimate consumer” (“defnyddiwr olaf”) 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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 2 omitted (26.7.2018) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/806), regs. 1(3), 8(2)

F2

Words in reg. 2 omitted (13.12.2014) by virtue of The Food Information (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2303), reg. 1(3), Sch. 7 para. 36