{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tin-in-food-regulations-1992/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tin-in-food-regulations-1992/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/496",
  "legislation_title": "The Tin in Food Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tin-in-food-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations do not apply to any food–\n(a) which is not intended for sale for human consumption; or\n(b) which is supplied for consumption by a visiting force; or\n(c) which is supplied by the service authorities of a visiting force to–\n(i) a headquarters,\n(ii) members of such a force or headquarters, or\n(iii) property held or used by such force or headquarters.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above–\n(a) “visiting force” (for the purpose of sub-paragraph (b)) and “service authority” (for the purpose of sub-paragraph (c)) shall have the meanings assigned to them, for the purposes of any provision in Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 1952, by section 12 of that Act;\n(b) “visiting force” and “headquarters” shall for the purpose of sub-paragraph (c) have the meanings assigned to them by article 3(2) of the Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1965.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c. 67; the definition of “visiting force” in section 12 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), section 170 and Schedule 15, paragraph 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1965/1536, amended by the Pakistan Act 1973 (c. 48), section 4; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1987/928, 1989/1330."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/2596",
      "affecting_title": "The Food (Forces Exemptions) (Revocations) Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/2596",
      "affecting_title": "The Food (Forces Exemptions) (Revocations) Regulations 1992"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/496/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:27:35.549487+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}