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PART 1 E+WPreliminary

Title, application and commencementE+W

1.  The title of these Regulations is the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2012, they apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 20 November 2012.

InterpretationE+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Food Safety Act 1990;

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Regulation 1935/2004” (“Rheoliad 1935/2004”) means Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC M1;

Regulation 1895/2005” (“Rheoliad 1895/2005”) means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1895/2005 on the restriction of use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food M2;

Regulation 2023/2006” (“Rheoliad 2023/2006”) means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food M3;

Regulation 450/2009” (“Rheoliad 450/2009”) means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food M4;

[F3Regulation 10/2011” (“Rheoliad 10/2011”) means Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food;]

[F4“Regulation 2018/213” (“Rheoliad 2018/213”) means Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/213 on the use of bisphenol A in varnishes and coatings intended to come into contact with food and amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 as regards the use of that substance in plastic food contact materials;]

authorised officer” (“swyddog awdurdodedig”) means any person, whether or not an officer of the authority concerned, who is authorised in writing by an authority having responsibility for execution and enforcement under regulation 20 to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

food authority” (“awdurdod bwyd”) does not include a port health authority;

port health authority” (“awdurdod iechyd porthladd”) means, in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 M5, a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act;

preparation” (“paratoi”) includes manufacture and any form of treatment or process, and “prepare” (“paratoi”) is to be construed accordingly.

(2) Expressions used in these Regulations and in Regulation 1935/2004, Regulation 1895/2005, Regulation 2023/2006, Regulation 450/2009 [F5, Regulation 10/2011 or Regulation 2018/213] bear the same meaning in these Regulations as they bear in those Regulations.

(3) Any reference in these Regulations to Regulation 2023/2006 F6... or Regulation 10/2011 is a reference to that Regulation F7... as amended from time to time.

ScopeE+W

3.  The provisions of these Regulations do not apply in relation to those materials and articles specified in paragraph (3) of Article 1 (purpose and subject matter) of Regulation 1935/2004.

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