PART 1

Preliminary

Title, application and commencement
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Interpretation
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PART 2

Requirements for Materials and Articles

Restriction on the use, sale or import of plastic materials and articles
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Restriction on the use of monomers in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles
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Restriction on the use of additives in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles
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Required standard for non-migration of constituents of monomers
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Required standard for non-migration of constituents of additives
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Required standard for products obtained by bacterial fermentation
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Required standards relating to overall migration limits
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Required standard for non-migration of primary aromatic amines
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Required standard relating to plastic multi-layer materials and articles
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Provisions relating to the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BDGE and NOGE)
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Method of testing the capability of plastic materials or articles to transfer constituents, and methods of analysis
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Labelling and documentation
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PART 3

Execution and Enforcement

Enforcement
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Offences and Penalties
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Offences by corporate bodies or Scottish partnerships
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Time limit for prosecutions
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Offences due to the act or default of a third party
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Defence of exercising due diligence etc
20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transitional defence relating to PVC gaskets containing epoxidised soybean oil
21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other transitional defences and savings
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Procedure where a sample is to be analysed
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Secondary analysis by the Government Chemist
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PART 4

Application for Authorisation

Applications for inclusion of an additive in the Community list of authorised additives
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PART 5

General and Supplementary

Application of provisions of the Act
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Amendment of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990
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Amendments to the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2007
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Revocations
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Regulations revoked (1.7.2008) by The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1682), regs. 1(b), 30(b)