The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Application of various provisions of the Order

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26.—(1) The following provisions of the Order apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in those provisions to the Order or Part thereof must be construed as a reference to these Regulations —

(a)Article 2(4) (extending meaning of “sale” etc);

(b)Article 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence).

(2) In the application of Article 33 of the Order (powers of entry) for the purposes of these Regulations, the reference in paragraph (1) to the Order must be construed as including a reference to Regulation 1935/2004, Regulation 1895/2005, Regulation 2023/2006, Regulation 450/2009 or Regulation 10/2011 as appropriate.

(3) Article 4 of the Order (presumptions that food is intended for human consumption) applies for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in that Article to the Order must be construed as including a reference to –

(a)Regulation 1935/2004, Regulation 1895/2005, Regulation 2023/2006, Regulation 450/2009 or Regulation 10/2011, and

(b)these Regulations;

and that the references to “sold”, and “sale” are deemed to include references to “placed on the market” and “placing on the market”.