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1. These Regulations amend the Kava-kava in Food (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3169) which prohibit the sale, possession for sale, offer, exposure or advertisement for sale, and the importation into England from a country outside the United Kingdom, of any food consisting of, or containing, Kava-kava (being a plant, or any part of or an extract from a plant, belonging to the species Piper methysticum).
2. These Regulations provide for an exception to the prohibition imposed by the Kava-kava in Food (England) Regulations 2002 where the food is imported from an EEA State, if it originates from such a State or originates outside the EEA but is in free circulation in member States (within the meaning of Article 23.2, as read with Article 24, of the EC Treaty), and is being, or is to be, exported to an EEA State other than the United Kingdom (regulation 2(3)).
3. In the light of the amendments effected by regulation 2(3) of these Regulations, relevant definitions are inserted into regulation 2 (interpretation) of S.I. 2002/3169 (regulation 2(2)).
4. No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.
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