Amendment of the Food Irradiation (Scotland) Regulations 2009
6.—(1) The Food Irradiation (Scotland) Regulations 2009(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation)—
(a)for the definition of “import”(2), substitute—
““import” means to introduce from a country outside the United Kingdom;”, and
(b)for the definition of “official reference number”, substitute—
““official reference number” in relation to a facility means the reference number allocated and listed for approved irradiation facilities in schedules 3 and 4;”.
(3) In regulation 5 (restrictions on importation)(3)—
(a)in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)it has been irradiated in one of the facilities listed in the table in schedule 3 or the table in schedule 4;”,
(b)in paragraph (2), for “another member state” substitute “an approved irradiation facility listed in schedule 3”, and
(c)in paragraph (3), for “outside the European Union” substitute “in an approved irradiation facility listed in schedule 4”.
(4) In the heading to schedule 3 (list of approved facilities in member states), for “in member states” substitute “within the United Kingdom and European Union”.
(5) In the heading to schedule 4 (list of facilities in a country outside the European Union), insert “approved” before “facilities” and insert “ United Kingdom and” before “European Union”.
S.S.I. 2009/261, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2011/1043, S.S.I. 2010/328.
The definition of “import” was amended by article 4(1) of part 2 of the Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011/1043 (“the 2011 Order”).
Regulation 5 was amended by article 4(1) of part 2 of the 2011 Order.