The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004

Made: 23rd November 2004

Laid before Parliament: 1st December 2004

Coming into force: 30th December 2004

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Title, application and commencement

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Amendments to the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1998

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Melanie Johnson — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of Health — 23rd November 2004

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c. 16.

[^f00002]: Functions formerly exercisable by “the Ministers” (being, in relation to England and Wales and acting jointly, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales and, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State) are now exercisable, in relation to England, by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (1999 c. 28). Those functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672 as read with section 40(3) of the 1999 Act. Those functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c. 46) as read with section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. Section 17(1) was amended by paragraph 12(a), and section 48 by paragraph 21, of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act. Regulation 13(4) of S.I. 2000/656 expressly authorises the Secretary of State to amend existing Regulations made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (whether or not with others) under the Food Safety Act 1990.

[^f00003]: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L245, 29.9.2003, p.4).

[^f00004]: S.I. 1998/1376, amended by S.I. 2000/3162, 2002/2364 and S.I. 2002/3008.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L27, 30.1.2004, p.46.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L7, 13.1.2004, p.45.

[^f00007]: OJ No. L109, 6.5.2000, p.29.

Editorial notes

[^key-bbc643a0fd38a57331e6dcf669d14b97]: Regulations revoked (30.6.2006) by The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1401), regs. 1, 24(e)