The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2008

PART 5 General and Supplementary

Application of provisions of the Act

26.  The following provisions of the Act must apply for the purposes of these Regulations as they apply for the purposes of the Act —

(a) section 3 (presumption that food is intended for human consumption);

(b) section 30(8) (relating to documentary evidence);

(c) section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).

Amendment of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990

27.  In the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990(1), in Schedule 1 (provisions to which those Regulations do not apply) for the title and reference of the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2008 substitute the title and reference of these Regulations.

Amendments to the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2007

28.—(1) The 2007 Regulations are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (3).

(2) In regulation 2(1) —

(a) omit the definition of “the 2008 Regulations”;

(b) insert the following definition in the appropriate place—

““the 2008 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2008”) means the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2008(2);”.

(3) In paragraph (5) of regulation 11 (migration limits for regenerated cellulose film coated with plastics), for the expression “as read with regulation 11” substitute “as read with regulation 13”.

Amendment of the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Lid Gaskets) (Wales) Regulations 2008

29.  In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Lid Gaskets) (Wales) Regulations 2008(3), for the definition of “the Commission Regulation” substitute the following definition —

““the Commission Regulation” (“Rheoliad y Comisiwn”) means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 372/2007 laying down transitional migration limits for plasticisers in gaskets in lids intended to come into contact with foods as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 597/2008(4);”.

Revocations

30.  The following Regulations or parts thereof are revoked —

(a) Regulation 29(c) of the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2008(5);

(b) The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2008; and

(c) Regulation 24 of the 2007 Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1990/2463.

(2)

S.I. 2008/1682 (W.162).

(3)

S.I. 2008/56 (W.11).

(4)

OJ No. L164, 25.6.2008, pp.12 -13.

(5)

S.I. 2008/1237 (W. 124).