Amendment of the Honey (England) Regulations 2015
4.—(1) The Honey (England) Regulations 2015(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 17(1)—
(a)omit “member State or third”;
(b)for the words from “one of the” to the end substitute “the indication “blend of honeys from more than one country” or similar wording”.
(3) After regulation 22 insert—
“Transitional provisions: withdrawal from the EU
22A.—(1) An authorised officer of a food authority must not serve on a person an improvement notice relating to a contravention of regulation 17(1) if—
(a)the improvement notice would relate to a product that was placed on the market before IP completion day; and
(b)the matter would not have constituted a contravention of regulation 17(1) as that provision had effect immediately before IP completion day.
(2) An authorised officer of a food authority must not serve on a person an improvement notice relating to a contravention of regulation 17(1) if—
(a)the improvement notice would relate to a product that was placed on the market within the period of 21 months beginning with the day on which IP completion day falls;
(b)the product bears one of the indications provided for in regulation 17(1) as that provision had effect immediately before IP completion day;
(c)had the product been placed on the market immediately before IP completion day, the use of the indication would not have constituted a contravention of regulation 17(1) as that provision had effect immediately before IP completion day; and
(d)the indication is accurate in identifying the “EU”, “non-EU” or “EU and non-EU” origins, as the case may be, of the honeys in the product.
(3) In this regulation, “improvement notice” means an improvement notice pursuant to regulation 19.”.
S.I. 2015/1348, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.