The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2012

Offences of contravening specified provisions of Regulation 10/2011 E+W

14.—(1) Subject to the transitional arrangements set out in Article 22(4) and (5) and Article 23 M1 , any person who places on the market a plastic material or article that fails to comply with a requirement of Regulation 10/2011 specified in column 1 of [F1 Schedule 1] is guilty of an offence.

F2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 14(1) substituted (14.9.2017) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/832), regs. 1(3), 7(a)

F2 Reg. 14(2) omitted (14.9.2017) by virtue of The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/832), regs. 1(3), 7(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 Article 22(4) provides that until 31 December 2015 certain additives used in glass fibre sizing must be assessed under Article 19. Article 22(5) provides that materials and articles lawfully placed on the market before 1 May 2011 may be placed on the market until 31 December 2012. Article 23 provides that as regards certain uses of additives Article 5 applies from 31 December 2015 and that the provisions of Articles 18(2) and (4) and Article 20 apply from 31 December 2012.