The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2007

Made: 22nd October 2007

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 23rd October 2007

Coming into force

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PART 1 — Preliminary

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 Regulation 1935/2004

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Enforcement of Regulation 2023/2006

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Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 1935/2004

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Competent authority for the purposes of Regulation 2023/2006

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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 and defences

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PART 5 — General

Offences and penalties

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General defences

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Enforcement

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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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Application of various provisions of the Act

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Amendment of the Ceramic Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2006

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Amendment of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990

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Consequential amendments to the 2006 Regulations

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Revocations

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Signed

SHONA ROBISON — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 2007-10-22

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; sections 16 and 48(1) were amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) (“the 1999 Act”), section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 8; section 17 was amended by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12; section 26(3) was repealed in part 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 should 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]: 1972 c. 68; paragraph 1A was inserted by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 28.

[^f00003]: Section 48(4A) was inserted by section 40(1) and paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act.

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L 31, 1.2.02, p.1. The Regulation was amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 245, 29.9.03, p.4) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 (O.J. No. L 100, 8.4.06, p.3).

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L 220, 15.8.02, p.18. This Directive has been amended as at the date these Regulations were made by Commission Directives 2004/1/EC (O.J. No. L 7, 13.1.04, p.45), 2004/19/EC (O.J. No. L 71, 10.3.04, p.8) and 2005/79/EC (O.J. No. L 302, 19.11.05, p.35) and corrected by Corrigendum to Commission Directive 2002/72/EC (O.J. No. L 39, 13.2.03, p.1).

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L 172, 30.06.07, p.71.

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L 338, 13.11.04, p.4.

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L 384, 29.12.06, p.75.

[^f00009]: S.S.I. 2006/517.

[^f00010]: O.J. No. L 213, 16.8.80, p.42.

[^f00011]: O.J. No. L 167, 24.6.81, p.6.

[^f00012]: S.I. 1987/1523, as amended by S.I. 1990/2487, S.I. 1991/1476 and S.I. 1994/979. These regulations were revoked by S.S.I. 2005/243.

[^f00013]: S.S.I. 2005/243. These Regulations were amended by S.S.I. 2006/314 and 517.

[^f00014]: S.S.I. 2006/230.

[^f00015]: S.I. 1990/2463, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2006/314.

[^f00016]: S.S.I. 2007/471.

[^f00017]: S.I. 1990/2487 to which there are amendments not relevant to these regulations.

[^f00018]: S.S.I. 2005/243.

Editorial notes

[^key-ded0d8304e9701f81b137759753c6626]: Regulations revoked (20.10.2010) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/327), regs. 1(1), 25(a) (with reg. 3)

Enforcement of Regulation 450/2009

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Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 1935/2004

Competent authority for the purposes of Regulation 2023/2006

Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 450/2009

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