Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, provide for the enforcement of EC Regulations (as specified in Schedules 6 and 9) concerned with the production and marketing of wine and related products.
The Regulations–
(i)designate authorities for the purposes of enforcement (regulation 3);
(ii)define “medium dry” for the purposes of labelling and description (regulation 4);
(iii)specify the vine varieties classified for the production of wine in Scotland (regulation 5 and Schedule 10);
(iv)specify conditions for the use of geographical indications for the designation of table wine (regulation 6 and Schedule 10);
(v)provide for powers of inspection and enforcement (regulation 7);
(vi)authorise controls on the movement of wine-sector products (regulations 8 and 9 and Schedule 9);
(vii)provide for reviews of prohibitions etc. on movement of wine-sector products (regulations 10 and 11);
(viii)relieve authorised officers of personal liability for acts done by them in the purported exercise of functions conferred by these Regulations (regulation 12);
(ix)confer on courts before which proceedings are brought powers in relation to the analysis and examination of samples (regulation 13);
(x)prescribe offences and penalties and provide defences (regulations 14 to 18); and
(xi)revoke the Common Agricultural Police (Wine) Regulations 1996 as amended (regulation 19).
No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.