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PART 1U.K.Preliminary

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Title, application and commencementU.K.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012, apply in relation to England only and come into force on 20th November 2012.

InterpretationU.K.

2.—(1) In these Regulations —

“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

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“Regulation 1935/2004” means Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC M1;

“Regulation 1895/2005” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1895/2005 on the restriction of use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food M2;

“Regulation 2023/2006” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food M3;

[F3“Regulation 282/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 282/2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods and amending Regulation (EC) No. 2023/2006;]

“Regulation 450/2009” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food M4;

“Regulation 10/2011” means Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food M5;

[F4“Regulation 2018/213” means Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2018/213 on the use of bisphenol A in varnishes and coatings intended to come into contact with food and amending Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 as regards the use of that substance in plastic food contact materials;]

“authorised officer” means any person, whether or not an officer of the authority concerned, who is authorised in writing by an authority having responsibility for execution and enforcement under regulation 20 to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

“food authority” does not include the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple) nor a port health authority;

“port health authority” means —

(a)

in relation to the London port health district (within the meaning given to that phrase for the purposes of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 M6 by section 7(1) of that Act), the Common Council of the City of London; and

(b)

in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act;

“preparation” includes manufacture and any form of treatment or process, and “prepare” is to be construed accordingly.

[F5(2) Expressions used in these Regulations and in Regulation 1935/2004, Regulation 1895/2005, Regulation 2023/2006, Regulation 282/2008, Regulation 450/2009, Regulation 10/2011 or Regulation 2018/213 bear the same meaning in these Regulations as they bear in those Regulations.]

[F6(3) Any reference in these Regulations to an F7... instrument defined in regulation 2(1) is a reference to that F7... instrument as amended from time to time.]

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M1OJ No. L338, 13.11.2004, p.4, amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

M2OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.28.

M3OJ No. L384, 29.12.2006, p.75.

M4OJ No. L135, 30.5.2009, p.3.

M5OJ No. L12, 15.1.2011, p.1, last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1282/2011 (OJ No. L328, 10.12.2011, p.22).

ScopeU.K.

3.  The provisions of these Regulations do not apply in relation to those materials and articles specified in paragraph (3) of Article 1 (purpose and subject matter) of Regulation 1935/2004.