The Food Labelling (Declaration of Allergens) (England) Regulations 2009

Made: 19th October 2009

Laid before Parliament: 22nd October 2009

Coming into force: 20th November 2009

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Title, application and commencement

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Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996

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Revocations

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Gillian Merron — Minister of State — 19th October 2009

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 17 and 48 were amended by paragraphs 12 and 21 respectively of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (1999 c.28), (“the 1999 Act”). Section 48 was also amended by S.I. 2004/2990. Section 53(2) was amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 16 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (1994 c.40), Schedule 6 to the 1999 Act and S.I. 2004/2990.

[^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 1999 Act. Functions of “the Ministers” so far as exercisable in relation to Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) as read with section 40(3) of the 1999 Act and thereafter transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32). 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..

[^f00003]: OJ No.L31, 1.2.2002, p.1. That Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No.596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468 with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

[^f00004]: S.I.1996/1499, as last amended by S.I. 2009/2538. Regulations 13(8)(c) and 34B and the associated Schedule AA1 were inserted by S.I. 2004/2824. Regulation 34B was amended by S.I. 2005/2057; Schedule AA1 was amended by S.I. 2007/3256 and by SI 2008/1188. Paragraph (13) of regulation 50 was inserted by S.I. 2005/899, paragraph (14) of that regulation by S.I. 2007/3256 and paragraph 15 of that regulation by S.I. 2008/1188.

[^f00005]: S.I. 2009/[—].

[^f00006]: S.I. 2008/1188.

Editorial notes

[^key-6321ab8da6fe0294469969bebee2feea]: Regulations revoked (17.3.2011) by The Food Labelling (Declaration of Allergens) (England) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/402), regs. 1, 3

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