# The Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1995, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) 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;
“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;
“food authority” does not include—
(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;
(b) until 1st April 1996, the council of a district in Wales, or
(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.
(2) Other expressions used in these Regulations have, in so far as the context admits, the same meaning as in the Council Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3116/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/spreadable-fats-marketing-standards-regulations-1995/regulation-2
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