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Revocations and amendments

12.—(1) The Regulations and order specified in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule 6 shall be revoked to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule.

(2) In the Specified Sugar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976(1)—

(a)in paragraph (3)(d) of regulation 5 (labelling and description of specified sugar products), for “colouring matter”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted, in each case, “colour”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 9 (permitted additional ingredients in specified sugar products), for “colouring matter”, in both cases where it occurs, there shall be substituted, in each case, “colour”.

(3) In the Jam and Similar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982(2)—

(a)in paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “permitted colouring matter” there shall be substituted—

“permitted colour” means any colour in so far as its use is permitted by the Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996;, and

(b)in Part III of Schedule 2 (permitted additional ingredients), for “permitted colouring matters” in column 1 there shall be substituted “permitted colours”.

(4) In the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984(3), in paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “additive”, for “the Colouring Matter in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973” there shall be substituted “the Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996”.

(5) In the Food Additives Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(4), in Schedule 1 (categories of food additives)—

(a)in Part I (list of food additives), for item 1 there shall be substituted—

1.  Colour.;

(b)in Part II (supplementary), for subparagraph (a) there shall be substituted—

(a)“colour” means any substance which is a colour for the purposes of the Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996;.

(1)

S.R. 1976 No. 165, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(2)

S.R. 1982 No. 105, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(3)

S.R. 1984 No. 408, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations