The Food Supplements, Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Explanatory note

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substituting a revised definition of Directive 2002/46 and inserting definitions of Directive 90/496 and Directive 2001/83 (regulation 2(2)) ;

providing that a reference to an Annex to Directive 2002/46 is a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time (regulation 2(3)) ;

revising references to directives to refer to the definitions of those directives (regulation 2(4) and (6)(b)) ;

removing those provisions which implemented a part of Directive 2002/46 which lapses on 1st January 2010 (regulation 2(5)(a) and (d)) ;

providing that those Regulations refer to the Annexes to Directive 2002/46 rather than the Schedules to those Regulations and making consequential amendments (regulation 2(5)(b) and (c), (6)(a) and (8)) ; and

providing a transitional period for the phasing in of the new provisions relating to Directive 90/496 ( regulation 2(7) ).