The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Lid Gaskets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations —

“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 372/2007 laying down transitional migration limits for plasticisers in gaskets in lids intended to come into contact with foods(1);

authorised officer” means any person who is authorised in writing, either generally or specifically, by a district council to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

import” means import in the course of a business from a place other than a Member State;

lid” means a lid of the type mentioned in Article 1 of the Commission Regulation;

“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

(2) Any other expression used in these Regulations and in the Commission Regulation has the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in the Commission Regulation.

(1)

OJ No. L92, 3.4.2007, p.9; recital 2 of the Regulation was corrected by a corrigendum, (OJ No. L97, 12.4.2007, p.70), which made a minor correction to a date forming part of the citation to an EC instrument