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This Scottish Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.S.I. 2003/311 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that instrument.

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 492

FOOD

The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003

Made

8th October 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

8th October 2003

Coming into force

14th November 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17(1) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 14th November 2003.

(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Regulations 2003

2.—(1) The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Regulations 2003(2) are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In Schedule 1 (partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk products and their reserved descriptions)–

(a)in the entry in column 2 for item 1(c), after “7.5%” insert “fat”; and

(b)in note 2 after “added” insert “to any designated product”.

MALCOLM CHISHOLM

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

8th October 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, amend the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/311) (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 2 corrects minor errors in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations.

This instrument is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of the principal Regulations. No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.

(1)

1990 c. 16; section 17(1) was amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12; section 48(1) was amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 8. Amendments made by Schedule 5 of the 1999 Act shall be taken as pre-commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) by virtue of section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.