The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Made: 28th April 2005

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 29th April 2005

Coming into force: 21st May 2005

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PART 1 — Preliminaries

Citation, commencement and extent

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Interpretation

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Scope

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PART 2 — General requirements for materials and articles

Enforcement of the Community Regulation

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Competent authorities for the purposes of the Community Regulation

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PART 3 — Requirements for vinyl chloride

Limits and migration limits

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Methods of analysis

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PART 4 — Requirements for regenerated cellulose film

Controls and limits

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Migration limits for regenerated cellulose film coated with plastics

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Saving and transitional provisions

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PART 5 — General

Offences, penalties and defence in relation to exports

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Enforcement

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Analysis by Government Chemist

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Application of various provisions of the Act

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Amendments to the 1998 Regulations

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Revocations

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Signed

RHONA BRANKIN — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 28th April 2005

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 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 and by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 10(3); sections 16(2) and 48(1) were amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 8; section 17(1) and (2) was amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12; section 26(3) was amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 6; section 48(4) is disapplied in respect of these Regulations by virtue of section 48(4C) which was inserted by S.I. 2004/2990; amendments made by Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act shall 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, those functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/849).

[^f00002]: Section 48(4A) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act.

[^f00003]: O.J. No. L 39, 13.2.03, p.1.

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L 220, 15.8.02, p.18.

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L 7, 13.1.04, p.45.

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L 71, 10.3.04, p.8.

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L 338, 13.11.04, p.4.

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L 213, 16.8.80, p.42.

[^f00010]: O.J. No. L 167, 24.6.81, p.6.

[^f00011]: O.J. No. L 93, 17.4.93, p.27.

[^f00012]: O.J. No. L 310, 14.12.93, p.41.

[^f00013]: O.J. No L 27, 30.1.04, p.48.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1987/1523; as amended by S.I. 1990/2487, 1991/1476 and 1994/979; regulation 6A was inserted by S.I. 1994/979.

[^f00015]: O.J. No. L 31, 1.2.02, p.1.

[^f00020]: S.I. 1987/1523, amended by S.I. 1990/2487, 1991/1476 and 1994/979.

[^f00021]: S.I. 1991/1476.

[^f00022]: S.I. 1994/979.

Editorial notes

[^key-68eb4e943b5e532171ed723cb2818f65]: Regulations revoked (16.11.2007) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (revoked) 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/471), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(b) (with reg. 3)