CHAPTER I

SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Subject matter and scope
Article 1
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2
The provisions of this Regulation regarding vitamins and minerals shall not apply to food supplements covered by Directive 2002/46/EC.
3
This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to specific provisions laid down in other relevant enactments concerning:
a
foods for particular nutritional uses and, in the absence of specific provisions, compositional requirements of such products rendered necessary by the particular nutritional requirements of the persons for whom they are intended;
b
novel foods and novel food ingredients;
c
genetically modified food;
d
food additives and flavourings;
e
authorised oenological practices and processes.

Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation:
1. ‘expert committee’ means a committee with appropriate expertise in the matter to be considered, approved by an appropriate authority to give advice for the purposes of this Regulation;
2. ‘other substance’ means a substance other than a vitamin or a mineral that has a nutritional or physiological effect;
3. ‘appropriate authority’ means:
  1. for regulations applying in relation to England and for the establishment and maintenance of a register in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
  2. for regulations applying in relation to Scotland and for the establishment and maintenance of a register in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
  3. for regulations applying in relation to Wales and for the establishment and maintenance of a register in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
4. But the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:
  1. for regulations applying in relation to Scotland and for the establishment and maintenance of a register in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
  2. for regulations applying in relation to Wales and for the establishment and maintenance of a register in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
5. ‘relevant authorities’ means the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers, the Department of Health.
Art. 1(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 18(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 1(3) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 18(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 2(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 18(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 2(3)-(5) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 18(3)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1476, regs. 1(2), 5(3)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)