The Food Information (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016

Amendment of the 2014 Regulations

2.—(1) The 2014 Regulations are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (1), after the definition of “prepacked food”, insert—

““Regulation 828/2014” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 828/2014 on the requirements for the provision of information to consumers on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in food;”(1);

(b) in paragraph (1), in the definition of “specified FIC provision”, after “column 2, of” insert “the tables in Parts 1 and 2 of”;

(c) in paragraph (1), after the definition of “specified FIC provision”, add—

““specified Regulation 828/2014 provision” means a provision specified in column 1, as read with column 2, of the table in Part 1A of schedule 3”;

(d) after paragraph (3), insert—

“(3A) Any reference to Regulation 828/2014 or a provision of Regulation 828/2014 in a provision of these Regulations listed in paragraph (4), is a reference to Regulation 828/2014 or that provision of Regulation 828/2014 as amended from time to time.”

(e) in paragraph (4)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), after “FIC”, insert “and “Regulation 828/2014””; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (i), for “(specified FIC provisions)” substitute “(specified provisions of FIC and Regulation 828/2014)”.

(3) In regulation 10, after sub-paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa) any specified Regulation 828/2014 provision;”.

(4) In regulation 12 (application of provisions of the Act)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (3)(a)—

(i) after “provision” insert “of information”; and

(ii) after “consumers” insert “, or Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 828/2014 on the requirements for the provision of information to consumers on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in food,”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (3)(c)(i) after “FIC provision”, insert “or a specified Regulation 828/2014 provision”.

(5) In schedule 3 (specified FIC provisions)—

(a) for the title substitute “Specified provisions of FIC and of Regulation 828/2014”;

(b) after Part 1 (Specified FIC provisions applying on and from 13th December 2014), insert—

“PART 1A Specified provisions of Regulation 828/2014 applying on and from 20th July 2016

Specified provision of Regulation 828/2014	Provisions to be read with the specified provision of Regulation 828/2014
Article 3(1)	Articles 1(3), 6, 7 and 36(1) and (2) of FIC and Articles 2, 3(2) and (3) and the Annex to Regulation 828/2014.
Article 4	Article 2 of Regulation 828/2014”

(1)

OJ L 228, 31.7.2014, p.5.