PART 2Requirements for Materials and Articles

Restriction on the use, sale or import of plastic materials and articles3.

(1)

No person may —

(a)

use for the handling of food in the course of a business;

(b)

sell for the purpose of handling of food; or

(c)

import from anywhere other than an EEA State for the purpose of handling of food,

a plastic material or article which fails to meet the required standard.

(2)

For the purposes of this regulation a plastic material or article fails to meet the required standard if —

(a)

it has been manufactured —

(i)

with a monomer which is not a permitted monomer as described in regulation 4(2), or

(ii)

with an additive which is not a permitted additive as described in regulation 5(2); or

(b)

it does not meet the required standards set out in regulation 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11,

but a plastic material or article meets the required standard if it meets the applicable conditions set out in Schedule 5 (transitional arrangements).