The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2017 No. 157 — creates 4 criminal offences.
- Made
- 9 August 2017
- In force from
- 14 September 2017
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales
- Made under
- (EC) No. 178/2002
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These Regulations amend the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (“the principal Regulation”) to provide for the continued enforcement of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food) as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1416. Those amendments include— a removal of offences in Regulations 7(2), 14(2), 16(4), 19(1) and 19(3) of the principal Regulations (regulation 4, 6, 8(b) and 9); b amendment of regulation 26 (application of various provisions of the Order) and insertion of a Schedule to the principal Regulations to apply Article 9(1) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, enabling improvement notices to be served to require compliance with provisions of the principal Regulations and provisions of EU Regulations specified in regulation 26(1). The provisions, as applied, make the failure to comply with an improvement notice an offence under Article 9(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (regulation 12 and 14); c amendments to remove the requirement to provide a written declaration from regulation 12(8) (regulation 5) and regulation 16(3) of the principal Regulations (regulation 8); d minor amendments to clarify the competent authorities (regulation 7) and enforcement authorities (regulation 10); e minor amendments to regulation 22(2) to reflect the removal of criminal offences (regulation 11); f amendments to the Schedule to the principal Regulations to insert provisions of Regulation 10/2011 and amend the numbering (regulation 13).
Offences created by this instrument
- 1 Any person who contravenes regulation 10(3), 12(8) or 18(2) is guilty of an offence regulation 9 · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
- Any person who intentionally obstructs a person acting in the execution of Regulation 1935/2004, Regulation 1895/2005,… regulation 9 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to provide any assistance or information a person may reasonably… regulation 9 · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
- Any person who, in purported compliance with any requirement under paragraph (3), knowingly or recklessly supplies… regulation 9 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
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