Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations—

  • “the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;

  • “the Directive” means Commission Directive 2006/141/EC on infant formulae and follow-on formulae and amending Directive 1999/21/EC;

  • health care system” means institutions or organisations engaged, directly or indirectly, in health care for mothers, infants and pregnant women, including nurseries or child-care institutions and health workers in private practice.

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

2

Subject to paragraph (3), any expression other than one defined in paragraph (1) that is used both in these Regulations and in the Order has the meaning it bears in the Order.

3

Any expression used both in these Regulations and in the Directive has the meaning that it bears in the Directive.

4

In these Regulations any reference to a numbered Annex is a reference to the Annex bearing that number in the Directive.

5

In these Regulations any reference to an Annex to the Directive is a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time.

6

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19547 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.