4.—(1) The Food Supplements (Scotland) Regulations 2003(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)omit the definition of “Directive 2001/83”,
(ii)after the definition of “food supplement”, add—
““nutrients” means the following substances:
vitamins, and
minerals;” and
(iii)after the definition of “sell”, add—
““the 2019 Regulations” means the Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(2);”, and
(b)omit paragraphs (3) and (4).
(3) In regulation 3 (scope of regulations), in paragraph (2) for “Directive 2001/83”, substitute “regulation 2(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012(3)”.
(4) In regulation 5 (prohibitions on sale relating to composition of food supplements)–
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a) for “Annex I to Directive 2002/46”, substitute “schedule 1 of the 2019 Regulations”, and
(ii)in sub-paragraph (b)(i) for “Annex II to Directive 2002/46”, substitute “schedule 2 of the 2019 Regulations”, and
(b)in paragraph (2) for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—
“(a)the purity criteria, if any, specified in retained EU law or in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers or the Secretary of State under regulation 3 of the 2019 Regulations; or”.
(5) In regulation 6 (restrictions on sale relating to labelling etc of food supplements), in paragraph (3)(b) for “Annex I to Directive 2002/46”, substitute “schedule 1 of the 2019 Regulations”.
S.S.I. 2003/278 as amended by S.S.I. 2005/616, 2009/438, 2014/312 and S.I. 2011/1043.
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