The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

PART 1 N.I. Preliminary

Citation and commencement N.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations shall come into operation on 5th November 2007.

(3) Regulations 5,7 and 14(3) shell come into operation on 1st August 2008.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in operation at 5.11.2007, see reg. 1(2)

Interpretation N.I.

2.—(1) In these Regulations —

“the 2006 Regulations” means the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1);

“Directive 2002/72/EC” means Commission Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs(2) as corrected by a corrigendum published on 13th February 2003(3) and as amended by Commission Directive 2004/1/EC(4), Commission Directive 2004/19/EC(5), Commission Directive 2005/79/EC(6) and Commission Directive 2007/19/EC(7);

“Directive 2007/42/EC” means Commission Directive 2007/42/EC relating to materials and articles made of regenerated cellulose film intended to come into contact with foodstuffs(8);

“Regulation 1935/2004” means Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC(9);

“Regulation 2023/2006” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food(10);

“authorised officer” means any person, whether or not an officer of the district council having responsibility for execution and enforcement under regulation 14(1), who is authorised by that district council in writing to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

“import” means import in the course of a business from a place other than a Member State;

“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

“plastics” means those materials and articles to which Directive 2002/72/EC applies;

“preparation” in relation to food includes manufacture and any form of treatment or process;

“regenerated cellulose film” means a thin sheet material obtained from refined cellulose derived from unrecycled wood or cotton, with or without the addition of suitable substances, either in the mass or on one or both surfaces, but does not include synthetic casings of regenerated cellulose;

“sell” includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for sale;

(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article bearing that number in Regulation 1935/2004.

(3) Expressions used in these Regulations and in Regulation 1935/2004 or Regulation 2023/2006 bear the same meaning in these Regulations as they bear in those Regulations.

(4) Any reference to Regulation 2023/2006 or to an Annex of Directive 2002/72/EC or of Directive 2007/42/EC is a reference to that Regulation or that Annex as amended from time to time.

(5) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(11) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in operation at 5.11.2007, see reg. 1(2)

Scope N.I.

3.  The provisions of these Regulations do not apply to those materials and articles specified in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Article 1(3).

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in operation at 5.11.2007, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

S.R. 2006 No.420

(2)

OJ No. L220, 15.8.2002, p.18. This Directive was corrected by a corrigendum (OJ No. L39, 13.2.2003, p.1), and has been amended as at the date these Regulations were made by Commission Directives 2004/1/EC (OJ No. L7, 13.1.2004, p.45), 2004/19/EC (OJ No. L71, 10.3.2004, p.8), 2005/79/EC (OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.35) and Commission Directive 2007/19/EC (OJ No.L97, 12.4.2007, p.50)

(3)

OJ No. L38, 13.2.2003, p.44

(4)

OJ No. L7, 13.1.2004, p.45

(5)

OJ No. L71, 10.3.2004, p.8

(6)

OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.35

(7)

OJ No. L97, 12.4.2007, p.50

(8)

OJ No. L172, 30.6.2007, p.71. This Directive repealed and consolidated without further amendment Commission Directive 93/10/EEC as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/14/EC.

(9)

OJ No. L338, 13.11.2004, p.4

(10)

OJ No. L384, 29.12.2006, p.75

(11)

1954 c.33 (N.I.)