Scottish Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 212

The Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001

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The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a) and (e), 17(1), and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Food Safety Act 1990[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after having regard, in accordance with section 48(4A)[2] of that Act, to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency, and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B)[3] of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 30th June 2001.

    (2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995
2. The Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995[4] shall be amended in accordance with regulation 3 below.

3. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of "Directive 95/31/EC" there shall be added at the end "and by Directive 2000/51/EC[5] insofar as it relates to maltitol syrup.".
 

MALCOLM CHISHOLM
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
6th June 2001
 

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, further amend the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995 by bringing up to date a reference to Directive 95/31/EC (O.J. No. L 178, 28.7.95, p.1 as amended by Directive 98/66/EC (O.J. No. L 257, 19.9.98, p.35)) on specific purity criteria so as to cover its amendment by Directive 2000/51/EC which substitutes a new specification for maltitol syrup.

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.

[1] 1990 c.16; sections 16(1) and 48(1) were amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c.28) ("the 1999 Act)", Schedule 5, paragraph 8; section 17(1) was amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12. Amendments made by Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act which extend to Scotland shall be taken as pre-commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) by virtue of section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.back

[2] Section 48(4A) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.back

[3] Section 48(4B) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.back

[4] S.I. 1995/3123, amended by S.I. 1996/1477, 1997/814 and 1999/982.back

[5] O.J. No. L 198, 4.8.00, p.41.back