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Application to food offered as prizes, etc.N.I.

3.  This Order shall apply—

(a)in relation to any food which is offered as a prize or reward or given away in connection with any entertainment to which the public are admitted, whether on payment of money or not, as if the food were, or had been, exposed for sale by each person concerned in the organisation of the entertainment;

(b)in relation to any food which, for the purpose of advertisement or in furtherance of any trade or business, is offered as a prize or reward or given away, as if the food were, or had been, exposed for sale by the person offering or giving away the food; and

(c)in relation to any food which is exposed or deposited in any premises for the purpose of being so offered or given away as mentioned in sub‐paragraph (a) or (b), as if the food were, or had been, exposed for sale by the occupier of the premises;

and in this Article “entertainment” includes any social gathering, amusement, exhibition, performance, game, sport or trial of skill.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4Art. 3 applied (with modifications) (5.11.2007) by Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/434), regs. 1(2), 20(1)(b)

C5Art. 3 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2008) by Drinking Milk Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/237), reg. 7(b)

C7Art. 3 applied (with modifications) (31.7.2009) by Food Irradiation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/258), reg. 11(1)(a)

C8Art. 3 applied (with modifications) (20.1.2010) by Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/416), reg. 16(1)(a)

C16Art. 3 applied (with modifications) (1.1.2018) by The Novel Foods Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/233), regs. 1, 5(3), Sch. 2 Pt. 3 (with reg. 5(4))

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