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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and come into operation on 30th June 2006.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
2.—(1) In these Regulations —
“authorised officer” means any person, whether or not an officer of the district council, who is authorised by it in writing to act in matters arising under these Regulations;
“BADGE” has the meaning given in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation 1895/2005;
“BFDGE” has the meaning given in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation 1895/2005;
“business” is to be construed in accordance with Article 2(2) of the Order;
“capable” means capable as established under regulation 11;
“Directive 82/711” means Council Directive 82/711/EEC(1) laying down the basic rules necessary for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, as last amended by Commission Directive 97/48/EC(2);
“Directive 85/572” means Council Directive 85/572/EEC laying down the list of simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs(3);
“Directive 88/388” means Council Directive 88/388/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production(4);
“Directive 89/107” means Council Directive 89/107/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorised in foodstuffs intended for human consumption(5);
“the Directive” means Commission Directive 2002/72/EC(6) relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/19/EC(7);
“EEA State” means a Member State (other than the United Kingdom), Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein;
“EFSA” means the European Food Safety Authority;
“food” is to be construed in accordance with Article 15(5) of the Order;
“good technical quality” means good technical quality as regards the purity criteria;
“handling of food” means use in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, sale or serving of food;
“import” means import in the course of a business;
“material or article” means a material or article falling within the definition of materials and articles in Article 1(2) of Regulation 1895/2005;
“monomer” means any substance which is included for the purposes of the Directive among monomers and other starting substances;
“NOGE” has the meaning given in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation 1895/2005;
“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order1991;
“the 1998 Regulations” means the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(8);
“the 2005 Regulations” means the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(9);
“plastic material or article” means anything which for the purposes of the Directive is included among those plastic materials and articles and parts thereof to which the Directive applies;
“the Purity Directives” means Commission Directive 95/31/EC laying down specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs(10), Commission Directive 95/45/EC laying down purity criteria concerning colours for use in foodstuffs(11) and Commission Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria for food additives other than colours or sweeteners(12);
“Regulation 1895/2005” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 1895/2005 on the restriction of use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food(13);
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations the supply otherwise than on sale, in the course of a business, of any material or article is deemed to be a sale.
(3) Any other expression used in these Regulations and in the Directive, Directive 82/711, Directive 85/572 or Regulation 1895/2005 bears the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in that Directive or Regulation.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
3.—(1) No person may —
(a)use for the handling of food in the course of a business;
(b)sell for the purpose of handling of food; or
(c)import from anywhere other than an EEA State for the purpose of handling of food,
a plastic material or article which fails to meet the required standard.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation a plastic material or article fails to meet the required standard if —
(a)it has been manufactured with a prohibited monomer as described in regulation 4(2) or a prohibited additive as described in regulation 5(2); or
(b)it does not meet the required standards set out in regulation 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 3 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
4.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3), (4) and (5), no person may use any prohibited monomer in the manufacture of any plastic material or article.
(2) A prohibited monomer is any monomer which is not —
(a)of good technical quality;
(b)identified by PM/REF no, CAS no (if any) and name in columns 1, 2 and 3 respectively of the relevant section of Part 1 of Schedule 1; and
(c)used in accordance with any restrictions and specifications for that monomer set out or referred to in column 4 of that Schedule.
(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the use of a monomer in the manufacture of any —
(a)surface coatings obtained from resinous of polymerised products in liquid, powder or dispersion form, including but not limited to varnishes, lacquers and paints;
(b)epoxy resins;
(c)adhesives and adhesion promoters; or
(d)printing inks.
(4) Paragraph (1) shall not be taken to prohibit the manufacture of any plastic material or article with any substance if the substance in question is a mixture which falls within paragraph 3(c) (relating to mixtures of authorised substances) of Annex II to the Directive and is of good technical quality.
(5) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations where it is alleged that a plastic material or article does not comply with paragraph (1) because it was manufactured with any monomer (whether or not of good technical quality) other than one mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) it shall a be defence for the person accused to prove that —
(a)each monomer is present in the finished plastic material as an impurity, a reaction intermediate or a decomposition product which falls within paragraph 3(a) of Annex II to the Directive,
(b)each such monomer is an oligomer or a natural or synthetic macromolecular substance or a mixture thereof which falls within paragraph 3(b) of that Annex, or
(c)each monomer falls within either sub-paragraph (a) or (b)of these Regulations,
and is of good technical quality.
(6) Part 2 of Schedule 1 has effect to supplement this regulation and Part 1 of that Schedule.
Commencement Information
I4Reg. 4 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) no person may use in the manufacture of any plastic material or article any prohibited additive.
(2) A prohibited additive is —
(a)any additive identified by PM/REF No, CAS No (if any) and name in columns 1, 2 and 3 respectively of Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 2 which —
(i)is not of good technical quality, or
(ii)is not used in accordance with any restrictions and specifications for that additive set out in the corresponding entry in column 4 of Part 1 or Part 2 of that Schedule; or
(b)any food additive authorised by Directive 89/107 or any flavouring authorised by Directive 88/388 that migrates into food —
(i)in a quantity that has a technical function in the final food product, or
(ii)where the food is of a type for which the use of any such food additive or flavouring is so authorised, in quantities exceeding the limits provided for in Directive 89/107 or Directive 88/388 as appropriate, or in Schedule 2, whichever is the lower.
(3) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations where it is alleged that the commission of the offence is due to the manufacture of a plastic material or article with any additive identified in Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 2 which is not of good technical quality, it shall be a defence for the person accused to prove that each such additive is present in the finished plastic material or article as an impurity, a reaction intermediate or a decomposition product.
(4) Part 3 of Schedule 2 has effect to supplement this regulation and Parts 1 and 2 of that Schedule.
Commencement Information
I5Reg. 5 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a migration limit expressed in mg/kg is indicated in column 4 of the relevant section of Part 1 of Schedule 1 in relation to any monomer, a plastic material or article manufactured from that monomer meets the required standard under this regulation if it is not capable of transferring constituents of that monomer to food with which the plastic material or article may come into contact in quantities exceeding the appropriate limit, and for the purposes of this paragraph the appropriate limit is —
(a)the number of milligrams expressed in column 4 released per kilogram of food in the case of any plastic material or article other than one specified in sub-paragraph (b); and
(b)one sixth of the number of milligrams expressed in column 4 per square decimetre of surface area of the plastic material or article if the plastic material or article comprises —
(i)an article which is a container or is comparable to a container or can be filled, having a capacity of less than 500 millilitres or more than 10 litres, or
(ii)sheet, film or other plastic material or article which cannot be filled or for which it is impracticable to estimate the relationship between the surface area of the material or article in question and the quantity of food in contact with that surface area.
(2) A plastic material or article manufactured from any monomer for which a migration limit in mg/kg is expressed in column 4 of the relevant section of Part 1 of Schedule 1 is not deemed to be capable of transferring constituents of that monomer to food with which the plastic material or article may come into contact in quantities exceeding the appropriate limit in paragraph (1) if the only food with which that plastic material or article may come into contact is food to which regulation 9(3) applies.
Commencement Information
I6Reg. 6 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a migration limit expressed in mg/kg is indicated in column 4 of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 2 in relation to any additive, a plastic material or article manufactured containing that additive meets the required standard under this regulation if it is not capable of transferring constituents of that additive to food with which the plastic material or article may come into contact in quantities exceeding the appropriate limit, and for the purposes of this paragraph the appropriate limit is —
(a)the number of milligrams indicated in column 4 released per kilogram of food in the case of any plastic material or article other than one specified in sub-paragraph (b); and
(b)one sixth of the number of milligrams expressed in column 4 per square decimetre of surface area of the plastic material or article if the plastic material or article comprises —
(i)an article which is a container or is comparable to a container or can be filled, having a capacity of less than 500 millilitres or more than 10 litres, or
(ii)sheet, film or other plastic material or article which cannot be filled or for which it is impracticable to estimate the relationship between the surface area of the material or article in question and the quantity of food in contact with that surface area.
(2) A plastic material or article manufactured containing an additive for which a migration limit in mg/kg is expressed in column 4 of Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 2 is not deemed to be capable of transferring constituents of that additive to food with which the plastic material or article may come into contact in quantities exceeding the appropriate limit in paragraph (1) if the only food with which that plastic material or article may come into contact is food to which regulation 9(3) applies.
Commencement Information
I7Reg. 7 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
8. A product obtained by bacterial fermentation meets the required standard under this regulation if it is —
(a)of good technical quality;
(b)identified by PM/REF No, CAS No and name in columns 1, 2 and 3 respectively of Schedule 3: and
(c)in compliance with the restrictions and specifications set out in column 4 of that Schedule.
Commencement Information
I8Reg. 8 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a plastic material or article meets the required standard under this regulation if it is not capable of transferring its constituents to food with which it may come into contact in quantities exceeding the appropriate limit specified in paragraph (2).
(2) (a) In the case of any plastic material or article comprising —
(i)an article which is a container or comparable to a container or can be filled, with a capacity of not less than 500 millilitres and not more than 10 litres;
(ii)an article which can be filled and for which it is impracticable to estimate the surface area in contact with food; or
(iii)a cap, gasket, stopper or similar device for sealing
the appropriate limit is an overall migration limit of 60 milligrams of constituents released per kilogram of food.
(b)In the case of any other plastic material or article, the appropriate limit is an overall migration limit of 10 milligrams per square decimetre of the surface area of the plastic material or article.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation a plastic material or article is not deemed to fail to meet the required standard under paragraph (1) if the only food with which that material or article may come into contact is food —
(a)which is specified in the table to Part 4 of Schedule 6; and
(b)where there is no “X” placed anywhere in the group of columns headed “Simulants to be used” opposite that food.
(4) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations where it is alleged that a plastic material or article does not comply with this regulation, the defences available in paragraph 6(2) and 7(2) of Schedule 5 shall be available as specified in those paragraphs.
Commencement Information
I9Reg. 9 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a plastic material or article manufactured using isocyanates or colourants prepared by diazo-coupling meets the required standard under this regulation if it is not capable of transferring in a detectable quantity primary aromatic amines (expressed as aniline), not being primary aromatic amines listed in these Regulations, to food with which that plastic material or article may come into contact.
(2) Schedule 4 has effect for the purpose of prescribing, for certain items listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1, Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 2, or Schedule 3, the specifications for those items that are referred to in column 4 of the Part or Schedule concerned.
(3) In paragraph (1) a detectable quantity means a quantity which can be determined with an analytical method capable of achieving a detection limit of at least 0.02 milligrams per kilogram of food or food simulant (including analytical tolerance).
Commencement Information
I10Reg. 10 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
11.—(1) A plastic material or article shall be treated as capable of transferring constituents to food with which it may come into contact to the extent that such capability is established —
(a)in any case other than one to which sub-paragraph (b) applies, and subject to Article 8.4 of the Directive (which may be applied on compliance with the conditions stated therein), by the verification methods specified in Schedule 5 (including the analytical tolerances referred to in paragraph 8 of that Schedule) and Schedule 6;
(b)in any case where the extent to which vinyl chloride, as identified in Part 1 of Schedule 1, is capable of such transfer falls to be established, by the method referred to in regulation 7(2) of the 2005 Regulations.
(2) In Schedules 5 and 6, references to migration or release of a substance are to be construed as references to the transfer of constituents to the simulant representing the food or, as the case may be, food with which it may come into contact.
(3) The specific migration of a constituent from a plastic material or article shall where applicable be determined in the manner specified in the relevant sub-paragraph of paragraph 8 of Annex II to the Directive.
(4) The quantity of a constituent in a plastic material or article shall where applicable be determined in the manner specified in the sub-paragraph of paragraph 8 of Annex II to the Directive relating to the term “QM(T)”, “QMA” or “QMA(T)”, as the case may be.
Commencement Information
I11Reg. 11 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
12.—(1) At marketing stages other than the retail stage a person who is in possession of any plastic material or article must ensure that the plastic material or article is accompanied by a written declaration which —
(a)attests that it complies with the legislation applicable to it; and
(b)provides, in respect of substances that are subject to a restriction on quantities migrating into food, information obtained from experimental data or theoretical calculation concerning —
(i)the levels of migration specific to those substances;
(ii)where appropriate, purity criteria in accordance with the purity Directives.
(2) In establishing which descriptions of food a material or article may come into contact with, it is to be assumed until the contrary is proved that, for the purposes of these Regulations, if particulars are shown in relation to that material or article in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(14), those particulars are accurate and that unless the particulars so indicate, there are no restrictions on the intended conditions of contact.
Commencement Information
I12Reg. 12 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
13.—(1) In this regulation —
(a)any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to that Article in Regulation1895/2005;
(b)paragraphs (2) to (5) are subject to Article 1(3) (exception relating to certain storage containers and pipelines);
(c)for the purpose of Article 6(4) the competent authority is the authority identified in regulation 14.
(2) Subject to Article 6(1), (2) (transitional provisions) and (4) (labelling requirements), no person may —
(a)manufacture,
(b)use for the handling of food in the course of a business,
(c)sell for the purpose of the handling of food, or
(d)import for the purpose of the handling of food
any material or article in contravention of Article 3 or Article 4 (prohibitions relating to BFDGE and NOGE respectively).
(3) No person may manufacture any material or article in such a way as to contravene the requirements of Article 2 (controls on the migration of BADGE from materials and articles).
(4) Subject to Article 6(1), no person may —
(a)use for the handling of food in the course of a business,
(b)sell for the purpose of the handling of food, or
(c)import for the purpose of the handling of food
any material or article that has been manufactured in such a way as to contravene the requirements of Article 2.
(5) Subject to Article 6(3) (transitional provisions relating to materials and articles brought into contact with food before 1st January 2007), no person shall contravene the requirements of Article 5 (obligations regarding the provision of a written statement when marketing materials or articles containing BADGE or its derivatives).
(6) No person shall without reasonable excuse fail to comply with a request made under Article 6(4) (requirement to disclose date of filling to competent authority).
Commencement Information
I13Reg. 13 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
14. Each district council in its district shall execute and enforce —
(a)the provisions of Regulation 1895/2005 mentioned in regulation 13, and
(b)these Regulations.
Commencement Information
I14Reg. 14 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
15.—(1) Any person who —
(a)contravenes regulation 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 12(1) or 13(2) to (5);
(b)intentionally obstructs any person acting in the execution of Regulation 1895/2005 or these Regulations;
(c)contravenes regulation 13(6) or, without reasonable excuse, fails to give to any person acting in the execution of Regulation 1895/2005 or these Regulations any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require; or
(d)in purported compliance with any requirement mentioned in sub-paragraph (c), knowingly or recklessly supplies information that is false or misleading in any material particular,
is guilty of an offence.
(2) Anyone convicted of an offence under these Regulations is liable —
(a)in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(a) —
(i)on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or both;
(ii)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both;
(b)in the case of any other offence under these Regulations to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level five on the standard scale or both.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (1)(c) is to be construed as requiring any person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him.
(4) No prosecution for an offence under these Regulations shall be begun after the expiry of three years from the commission of the offence or one year from its discovery by the prosecutor, whichever is the earlier.
(5) Where the commission by any person of an offence under these Regulations is due to the act or default of some other person, that other person shall also be guilty of the offence; and a person may be charged with and convicted of the offence whether or not proceedings are taken against the first mentioned person.
Commencement Information
I15Reg. 15 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
16.—(1) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it shall, subject to paragraph (5), be a defence for the person accused to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence by himself or by a person under his control.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), a person accused of an offence under these Regulations who did not —
(a)prepare the plastic material or article or, as the case may be, the material or article in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed; nor
(b)import it into the United Kingdom,
shall be taken to have established the defence provided by paragraph (1) if he satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4).
(3) A person satisfies the requirements of this paragraph if he proves —
(a)that the commission of the offence was due to the act or default of some other person who was not under his control, or to reliance on information supplied by such a person;
(b)that either —
(i)he carried out all such checks of the plastic material or article or material or article in question as were reasonable in all the circumstances, or
(ii)it was reasonable in all the circumstances for him to rely on checks carried out by the person who supplied him with the plastic material or article or the material or article in question; and
(c)that he did not know and had no reason to suspect at the time the offence was committed that his act or omission would amount to an offence under these Regulations.
(4) A person satisfies the requirements of this paragraph if the offence is one of sale and he proves —
(a)that the commission of the offence was due to the act or default of some other person who was not under his control, or to reasonable reliance on information supplied by such a person;
(b)that the sale of which the alleged offence consisted was not a sale under his name or mark; and
(c)that he did not know and could not reasonably have been expected to know at the time the offence was committed that his act or omission would amount to an offence under these Regulations.
(5) If in any case the defence provided by this regulation involves the allegation that the commission of the offence was due to the act or default of another person, or to reliance on information supplied by another person, the person accused shall not without leave of the court be entitled to rely on that defence unless —
(a)at least seven clear days before and including the date of the hearing; and
(b)where he has previously appeared before the court in connection with the alleged offence, within one month of his first such appearance,
he has served on the prosecutor a written notice giving such information identifying or assisting in the identification of that other person as was then in his possession.
Commencement Information
I16Reg. 16 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
17. Not withstanding the revocations made in regulation 23, in relation to any plastic material or article —
(a)manufactured before the 1st July 1998, the defence in regulation 3(3) of the 1998 Regulations;
(b)manufactured or imported into the European Community before 1st January 2003, the defence in regulation 10(13) of the 1998 Regulations;
(c)put into free circulation in the European Community before 30th November 2002, the defence in regulation 10(14) of the 1998 Regulations;
(d)manufactured or imported into the European Community before 1st March 2004, the defence in regulation 10(19)(a) of the 1998 Regulations as in operation on the 28th February 2003;
(e)manufactured or imported into the European Community before 1st March 2003, the defence in regulation 10(19)(b) of the 1998 Regulations as in operation on the 28th February 2003;
(f)containing azodicarbonamide and brought into contact with food before 2nd August 2005, the defence in regulation 10(23) of the 1998 Regulations; or
(g)manufactured or imported into the European Community before 1st March 2006, the defence in regulation 10(25) of the 1998 Regulations,
shall apply in relation to offences under these Regulations in like manner as it applied to offences under the equivalent provisions in those Regulations.
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I17Reg. 17 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
18.—(1) An authorised officer who has procured a sample under Article 29 of the Order and who considers it should be analysed shall divide the sample into three parts.
(2) If the sample consists of sealed containers and opening them would, in the opinion of the authorised officer, impede a proper analysis, the authorised officer shall divide the sample into parts by putting the containers into three lots, and each lot shall be treated as being a part.
(3) The authorised officer shall —
(a)if necessary place each part in a suitable container and seal it;
(b)mark each part or container;
(c)as soon as reasonably practicable, give one part to the owner and notify him in writing that the sample will be analysed;
(d)submit one part for analysis in accordance with Article 30 of the Order; and
(e)retain one part for future submission under regulation 19.
(4) For the purpose of this regulation and regulation 19 analysis includes examination.
Commencement Information
I18Reg. 18 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
19.—(1) Where a sample has been retained under regulation 18 and —
(a)proceedings are intended to be or have been commenced against a person for an offence under these Regulations; and
(b)the prosecution intends to adduce as evidence the result of the analysis mentioned in regulation 18,
paragraphs (2) to (7) shall apply.
(2) The authorised officer —
(a)may of his own volition;
(b)shall if requested by the prosecutor (if a person other than the authorised officer);
(c)shall if the court so orders; or
(d)shall (subject to paragraph (5)) if requested by the defendant,
send the retained part of the sample to the Government Chemist for analysis.
(3) The Government Chemist shall analyse the part sent to him under paragraph (2) and send to the authorised officer a certificate of analysis;
(4) Any certificate of the results of testing transmitted by the Government Chemist under this regulation shall be signed by or on behalf of him, but the testing may be carried out by any person under the direction of the person who signs the certificate.
(5) The authorised officer shall immediately on receipt supply the prosecutor (if a person other than the authorised officer) and the defendant with a copy of the Government Chemist’s certificate of analysis.
(6) Where a request is made under paragraph (2)(d) the authorised officer may give notice in writing to the defendant requesting payment of a fee specified in the notice to defray some or all of the Government Chemist’s charges for performing the functions under paragraph (3), and in the absence of agreement by the defendant to pay the fee specified in the notice the authorised officer may refuse to comply with the request.
(7) In this regulation “defendant” includes a prospective defendant.
Commencement Information
I19Reg. 19 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
20.—(1) This regulation applies where a person wishes to make an application for the inclusion of an eligible additive in the Community list referred to in Article 4 of the Directive.
(2) The application mentioned in paragraph (1), including supporting data, must be made to EFSA before 1st January 2007.
(3) If during examination of the data referred to in paragraph (2), EFSA calls for supplementary information, the eligible additive may, if otherwise permitted to be used under the law of Northern Ireland, continue to be so used until EFSA has issued an opinion, provided the supplementary opinion is submitted within the time limits specified by EFSA.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, an eligible additive is one whose use is permitted in one or more member states before 1st January 2007.
Commencement Information
I20Reg. 20 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
21.—(1) The following provisions of the Order shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as they apply for the purposes of the Order—
(a)Article 4 (presumption that food is intended for human consumption);
(b)Article 30(8) (relating to documentary evidence);
(2) Article 33(1) of the Order (powers of entry) shall be read as if it included reference to contravention of those provisions of Regulation 1895/2005 mentioned in regulation 13.
Commencement Information
I21Reg. 21 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
22. In the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991(15), in Schedule 1 (provisions to which those Regulations do not apply) for the title and reference of the 1998 Regulations substitute the title and reference of these Regulations.
Commencement Information
I22Reg. 22 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
23.—(1) The 2005 Regulations are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).
(2) In regulation 2(1) —
(a)omit the definition of “the 1998 Regulations”;
(b)after the definition of “sell” add the following definition —
““the 2006 Regulations” means the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(16).”
(3) In regulation 8(4), for the expression “Schedules 1, 2 or 2A to the 1998 Regulations” substitute “Schedules 1, 2 or 3 to the 2006 Regulations”.
(4) In regulation 9(3) —
(a)for the expression “Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1998 Regulations” substitute “Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Regulations”; and
(b)in sub-paragraph (b) for “Part II” substitute “Part 2”.
(5) In regulation 9(5), for the expression “Schedules 3 and 4 of the 1998 Regulations as read with regulation 6 of those Regulations” substitute “Schedules 5 and 6 of the 2006 Regulations as read with regulation 11 of those Regulations”.
(6) In regulation 10(2), for the expression “proceedings for an offence under regulation” substitute “proceedings for an offence of contravening regulation”.
Commencement Information
I23Reg. 23 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
24. The following Regulations are revoked —
(a)the 1998 Regulations;
(b)the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(17);
(c)the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002(18);
(d)the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(19);
(e)the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(20); and
(f)the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(21).
(g)Regulation 15 of the 2005 Regulations.
Commencement Information
I24Reg. 24 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 5th June 2006.
L.S.
Don Hill
A senior officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
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