2020 No. 7

Food

The Foods for Specific Groups (Medical Foods for Infants) and Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020
Made
14th January 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
15th January 2020
Coming into force
22nd February 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 16(1)(a) and (e), 17(1) and (2), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and section 2(2) and paragraph 1A of schedule 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for certain references in these Regulations to provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods , of 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 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 and of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/128 supplementing Regulation (EU) 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for food for special medical purposes to be construed as references to those provisions as amended from time to time.
In accordance with section 48(4A) of the Food Safety Act 1990 , the Scottish Ministers have had regard to relevant advice given by Food Standards Scotland.
There has been consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety .
1990 c.16. Section 1(1) and (2) (definition of “food”) was substituted by S.I. 2004/2990. Section 6(4) was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c.40), schedule 9, paragraph 6, the Food Standards Act 1999 (c.28) (“the 1999 Act”), schedule 5, paragraph 10(1) and (3) and S.I. 2002/794. Sections 16(1) and 48(1) were amended by the 1999 Act, schedule 5, paragraph 8 and section 16(1) was also amended by the Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1) (“the 2015 Act”), section 34(1). Section 17(1) and (2) was amended by the 1999 Act, schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12 and S.I. 2011/1043. Section 26(3) was partially repealed by the 1999 Act, schedule 6, paragraph 1. Amendments made by schedule 5 of the 1999 Act are to 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, in so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. In so far as not so transferred, and in so far as relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food, those functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by S.I. 2005/849.
1972 c.68 (“the 1972 Act”). Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by the 2006 Act, section 27(1)(a) and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (“the 2008 Act”), section 3(3) and schedule 1, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. Paragraph 1A of schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the 2006 Act and was amended by the 2008 Act, schedule 1, Part 1. The 1972 Act is prospectively repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16) from exit day (see section 20 of that Act).
OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p.26, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/650 (OJ L 110, 25.4.2019, p.21).
OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, p.53, as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1091 (OJ L 158, 21.6.2017, p.5).
OJ L 25, 2.2.2016, p.30.
Section 48(4A) was inserted by the Food Standards Act 1999, schedule 5, paragraph 21. Section 48(6) was added by the Food (Scotland) Act 2015, schedule 1, paragraph 3(11). By virtue of section 48(6), in the application of section 48 to Scotland, references to the “Food Standards Agency” are to be read as references to “Food Standards Scotland”.
OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p.241).