2003 No. 945 (W.126)
The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003
Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990 F1 and now vested in the Assembly F2 and having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety F3 and in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B) of the Food Safety Act 1990, makes the following Regulations:
Functions of “the Ministers” so far as exercisable in relation to Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), as read with section 40(3) of the 1999 Act (1999 c. 28).
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1.
Title, application and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003, shall apply to Wales only and shall come into force on 30th May 2003.
Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 19952
In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 F4, in the definition of “Directive 96/77/EC”F5, for the words “and Commission Directive 2001/30/EC”F6 there shall be substituted the words “
, Commission Directive 2001/30/EC and Commission Directive 2002/82/EC
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F7.
Consequential amendments3
1
Paragraph (2) of regulation 9 (consequential amendments) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 F8 shall be omitted.
2
In the Regulations listed below, in so far as they extend to Wales, references to the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 shall be construed as references to those Regulations as amended by the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1997 F9, the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999 F10, the Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts (Wales) Regulations 2001 F11, the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 F12, the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 and these Regulations:
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the Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food Regulations 1966 F13;
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the Specified Sugar Products Regulations 1976 F14;
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the Cocoa and Chocolate Products Regulations 1976 F15;
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the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars Regulations 1977 F16;
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the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk Regulations 1977 F17;
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the Jam and Similar Products Regulations 1981 F18;
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the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations 1984 F19;
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the Food Additives Labelling Regulations 1992 F20;
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the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 F21.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 F22
1990 c. 16.