Amendment of the Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014

3.—(1) The Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 10A(2) (transitional provision) insert—

Transitional provision: withdrawal from the EU

10B.(1) A person is not considered to have failed to comply with Articles 7(1), 8(1), 9(1)(h) or 36(2)(a) or (b) of FIC if—

(a)the alleged failure relates to a product that was placed on the market before the last day of the period beginning on 15 April 2021 and ending on 30 September 2022, and

(b)the matter constituting the alleged failure to comply would not have constituted a failure to comply with FIC as that Regulation had effect immediately before this regulation comes into force.

(2) Products to which paragraph (1) applies may continue to be marketed until stocks are exhausted..

(1)

S.S.I. 2014/312, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

Regulation 10A was inserted by S.S.I. 2020/156.