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3.—(1) These Regulations, except in so far as they relate to advertising, shall not apply to any food which is not intended for sale for human consumption.
[F1(2) These Regulations shall not apply in respect of—
(a)any bread brought into Great Britain from an EEA State in which it was lawfully produced and sold;
(b)any flour brought into Great Britain from a member State in which it was lawfully produced and sold;
(c)any bread or flour lawfully produced in another member State and brought into Great Britain from a member State in which it was lawfully sold;
(d)any bread or flour lawfully produced outside [F2the European Union] and brought into Great Britain from a member State in which it was in free circulation and lawfully sold,
which is suitably labelled to give the nature of the bread or flour. ]
[F1(2) These Regulations do not apply in respect of—
(a)any bread produced in England which is to be exported to a third country;
(b)any flour produced in England which is—
(i)to be exported to a third country, or
(ii)for use in the production of food that is to be exported to a third country;
(c)any flour imported into England from a third country (directly or indirectly) which—
(i)was lawfully produced and sold in that third country, and
(ii)is for use in England for the production of food that is to be exported to a third country,
which is suitably labelled to give the nature of the bread or flour.]
[F3(2) These Regulations do not apply in respect of—
(a)any bread produced in Scotland which is to be exported to a third country,
(b)any flour produced in Scotland which is—
(i)to be exported to a third country or
(ii)for use in the production of food that is to be exported to a third country,
(c)any flour imported into Scotland from a third country (directly or indirectly) which—
(i)was lawfully produced and sold in that third country, and
(ii)is for use in Scotland, for the production of food that is to be exported to a third country,
and is suitably labelled to describe the nature of the bread or flour.]
[F4(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above, “free circulation" has the same meaning as in [F5Article 28(2), as read with Article 29, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union].]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 3(2) substituted (E.) (17.6.2021) by The Food (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/616), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a) (with reg. 6(1))
F2Words in Regulations substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3-6, 8-10
F3Reg. 3(2) substituted (S.) (22.2.2022) by The Food (Withdrawal of Recognition) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/477), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)
F4Reg. 3(3) omitted (E.) (17.6.2021) by virtue of The Food (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/616), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b) (with reg. 6(1)); and reg. 3(3) omitted (S.) (22.2.2022) by virtue of The Food (Withdrawal of Recognition) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/477), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)
F5Words in reg. 3(3) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology or Numbering) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1809), art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 2(2))
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