InterpretationU.K.
3.—(1) In these Regulations—
“"business”” includes a trade, craft or profession;
“"enforcement authority”” means a local weights and measures authority in Great Britain (within the meaning of section 69 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 M1) and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland;
“"EU Regulation”” means Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27th September 2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council M2 and a reference in these Regulations to Annex I and Annexes III to IX to that EU Regulation is to be construed as a reference to those Annexes as amended from time to time.
“"product”” means any textile product (defined in Article 3(1)(a) of the EU Regulation) and includes the products listed in Article 2(2) of the EU Regulation.
(2) Any expression used both in these Regulations and in the EU Regulation has the meaning that it bears in the EU Regulation.
Marginal Citations
M11985 c.72 section 69 was amended by paragraph 75 of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) and by paragraph 144 of Schedule 13 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39).
M2OJ No L272, 18.10.2011, p.1.