Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

• “Community provision” means a provision of the Council Regulation which is referred to in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, as read with any qualifying words relating to that provision in that column;

• “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2991/94 laying down standards for spreadable fats^f1;

• “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;

• “food authority” does not include—

  1. (a)

     the council of a district in a non-metropolitan county in England except where the county functions have been transferred to that council pursuant to a structural change;

  2. (b)

     until 1st April 1996, the council of a district in Wales, or

  3. (c)

     the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple);

• “member State” means a member State of the European Community;

• “sell” includes possess for sale, and offer, expose or advertise for sale, and “sale” and “sold” shall be construed accordingly;

• “sell by retail” means sell to a person buying otherwise than for the purpose of re-sale and “sold by retail” shall be construed accordingly;

• “vitamin A” means vitamin A present as such or as its esters and includes beta-carotene on the basis that 6 micrograms of beta-carotene or 12 micrograms of other biologically active carotenoids equal 1 microgram of retinol equivalent;

• “vitamin D” means the anti-rachitic vitamins.

Other expressions used in these Regulations have, in so far as the context admits, the same meaning as in the Council Regulation.