The Colours in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 422

FOOD

The Colours in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001

Made

13th November 2001

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

15th November 2001

Coming into force

15th January 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 16(1)(a) and (e), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having regard, in accordance with section 48(4A)(2) of that Act, to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency, and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B)(3) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Colours in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 15th January 2002.

(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Colours in Food Regulations 1995

2.  In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Colours in Food Regulations 1995(4) , in the definition of “Directive 95/45/EC”, there shall be inserted at the end the words “and Directive 2001/50 EC”(5).

MALCOLM CHISHOLM

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

13th November 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, further amend the Colours in Food Regulations 1995 by bringing up to date a reference to Directive 95/45/EC on specific purity criteria so as to cover its amendment by Directive 2001/50 EC as regards the purity specifications for mixed carotenes and beta-carotene.

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.

(1)

1990 c. 16; sections 16(1)(a) and (e) and 48(1) were amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28), (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 8; section 17(1) was amended by paragraphs 8 and 12 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act; section 26(3) was amended by Schedule 6 to the 1999 Act; amendments made by Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act which extend to Scotland shall be taken as pre-commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) (“the 1998 Act”) by virtue of section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.

(2)

Section 48(4A) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.

(3)

Section 48(4B) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.

(4)

S.I. 1995/3124, as amended by S.S.I. 2000/131.

(5)

O.J. No. L 190, 12.7.01, p.14.