2005 No. 3236 (W.241)
The Food Labelling (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(e) and (f), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990 F1 and now vested in it F2.
It has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency as required by section 48(4A) of that Act.
There has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of the Regulations as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council F3 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.
Functions of “the Secretary of State” 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 Food Standards Act 1999 (1999 c. 28).
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1. That Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L245, 29.9.2003, p.4).
Title and commencement1
The title of these Regulations is the Food Labelling (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2005; they come into force on 24 November 2005.
Amendment of the Food Labelling (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 20052
The Food Labelling (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 F4 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.
3
In regulation 3 (amendment of definition of “Directive 2000/13/EC” in regulation 2(1) of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 F5) there shall be inserted at the end the words “
which was itself amended by Commission Directive 2005/63/EC
”
F6.
4
In the Schedule, in the text of the new Schedule 2A to be inserted in the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (list of ingredients
which originate from allergenic ingredients and in respect of which the allergen labelling requirements do not apply) in column
2 for the words “Fish gelatine used as carrier for vitamins and flavours” there shall be substituted the words “
Fish gelatine used as a carrier for vitamin or carotenoid preparations and flavours
”
.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 F7.
1990 c. 16; section 1(1) and (2) (definition of “food”) was substituted by S.I. 2004/2990; section 53(2) was amended by Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (1999 c. 28) and S.I. 2004/2990.