InterpretationN.I.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
[F1“the Delegated Regulation” means Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/128 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for food for special medical purposes.]
[F2“the EU Regulation” means, subject to regulation to 2(2), Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 as last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation 2017/1091;]
[F3“food for special medical purposes” has the same meaning in these Regulations as in the EU Regulation;
“infant” means a child under the age of 12 months;]
“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991; and
“specified EU requirement” means any provision of the EU Regulation [F4or the Delegated Regulation] specified in column 1 of Schedule 1.
(2) Any reference to Article 2(2) or to a specified EU requirement is a reference to that provision as amended from time to time.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 M1 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly
[F5(4) Any reference to a provision of the Delegated Regulation contained in the table in Schedule 1 is a reference to that provision as amended from time to time.
(5) Any reference to the Delegated Regulation is a reference to the Delegated Regulation only insofar as it applies to food for special medical purposes other than that developed to satisfy the nutritional requirements of infants.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (22.2.2019) by The Food Safety (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/9), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)(i)
F2Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (11.2.2019) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 33
F3Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (22.2.2019) by The Food Safety (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/9), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)(ii)
F4Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (22.2.2019) by The Food Safety (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/9), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)(iii)
F5Reg. 2(4)(5) inserted (22.2.2019) by The Food Safety (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/9), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)
Marginal Citations