Amendment of the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017
5.—(1) The Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4—
(a)in paragraph (2)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (d), for “EU”, in both places it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (e), for “country which is not a member State” substitute “third country”;
(b)in paragraph (6), after paragraph (b) insert—
“(c)“third country” means any country, other than the United Kingdom, and includes—
(i)the Bailiwick of Guernsey;
(ii)the Bailiwick of Jersey;
(iii)the Isle of Man.”.
(3) After regulation 9 insert—
“Transitional provision: withdrawal from the EU
10.—(1) An authorised officer of a food authority must not serve on a person an improvement notice relating to a failure to comply with regulation 4(2)(d) or (e) if—
(a)the improvement notice would relate to a product that was placed on the market before the last day of the period of 21 months beginning with the day on which IP completion day falls; and
(b)the matter would not have constituted a failure to comply with regulation 4(2)(d) or (e) (as the case may be) as those provisions had effect immediately before IP completion day.
(2) In this regulation, “improvement notice” means an improvement notice pursuant to regulation 7.”.