(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Kava-kava in Food (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/523) (“the principal Regulations”) which prohibit the sale, possession for sale, offer, exposure or advertisement for sale, and the importation into Scotland of any food consisting of, or containing, Kava-kava (being a plant, or any part of or an extract from a plant, belonging to the species Piper methysticum.
These Regulations–
(a)provide an exception to the prohibition imposed by the principal Regulations for food imported from an EEA State, if it originates in an EEA State or originates outside the EEA but is in free circulation in member States, and is being, or is to be, exported to an EEA State other than the United Kingdom (regulation 2(3)); and
(b)insert relevant definitions in the principal Regulations (regulation 2(1)).
No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.