6.—(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with —
(a)regulation 4; or
(b)any [F1EU] provision,
is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) The [F1EU] provisions are —
(a)Article 114(1) of the Council Regulation (prescribed descriptions for milk and milk products) as read with [F2Part III of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013];
(b)Article 115 of the Council Regulation (marketing standards applying to spreadable fats, including compositional criteria for reserved descriptions), as read with —
[F3(i) points 1,3,5 and 6 of Part II and point 2 of Part IV of Annex XV to the Regulation (EU) 2013]
(ii)Article 1 of and Annex I to the Commission Regulation, or
(iii)Article 2 of and Annex II to the Commission Regulation; and
[F4(ba)Articles 75(1)(h) and 78(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2013 (definitions, designations and sales descriptions applying to spreadable fats) as read with Part VII of Annex VII to that Regulation]
(c)Article 3 of the Commission Regulation (requirements relating to the use of the designation “butter” for composite products) as read with Annex III to that Regulation.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Regulations substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3-6
F2Words in reg. 6(2)(a) substituted (21.3.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/92), regs. 1, 10(3)(a)
F3Reg. 6(2)(b)(i) substituted (21.3.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/92), regs. 1, 10(3)(b)
F4Reg. 6(2)(ba) inserted (21.3.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/92), regs. 1, 10(3)(c)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 6 in operation at 1.7.2008, see reg. 1