PART 6Requirements for Plastic Materials and Articles
Interpretation of Part 6 and the Schedule13
In this Part and in the Schedule any reference to a numbered Article or Annex is a reference to that Article of or Annex to Regulation 10/2011.
Offences of contravening specified provisions of Regulation 10/201114
1
Subject to the transitional arrangements set out in Article 22(4) and (5) and Article 2315, any person who places on the market a plastic material or article that fails to comply with a requirement of Regulation 10/2011 specified in column 1 of the Schedule is guilty of an offence.
2
Any person who fails to comply with the second sentence of Article 8 (general requirements on substances) or, subject to transitional arrangements set out in Article 22(1), (2) and (3)16, with Article 16 (supporting documents) is guilty of an offence.
Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 10/201115
The competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 10/2011 are —
a
in respect of Article 8, the Food Standards Agency and each district council in its district; and
b
in respect of Article 16(1), the Food Standards Agency.