Colouring Matter in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1976
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1976 No. 2086
FOOD AND DRUGS
COMPOSITION AND LABELLING
The Colouring Matter in Food (Amendment) Regulations 19766thDecember 1976
10thDecember 1976
Except as provided in regulation 1(1)(a) and (b)Except as provided in regulation 1(1)(a) and (b)1stJanuary 1977In all respects1stJanuary 1978
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Social Services, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4, 7 and 123 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955(a) as amended by section 4(1) of, and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 to, the European Communities Act 1972(b) and as read with the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968(c), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations, after consultation with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the regulations and after reference to the Food Hygiene Advisory Council under section 82 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 (in so far as the regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 7):—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Colouring Matter in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1976, and shall come into operation on 1st January 1977 except that—
(a) the amendments made by regulation 2 hereof shall not have effect for the purposes of regulation 4 (which relates to the sale etc. of food containing colouring matter) and 5 (which prohibits the use of added colouring matter in specified foods but exempts husks containing nuts from the prohibition) of the Colouring Matter in Food Regulations 1973(d), as amended(e), and of any other regulations made under section 4 or 7 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 until 1st January 1978;
(b) regulation 3 hereof shall come into operation on 1st January 1978.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(f) shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(a) 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 16.
(b) 1972 c. 68.
(c) S.I. 1968/1699 (1968 III, p. 4585).
(d) S.I. 1973/1340 (1973 II, p. 4097).
(e) The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1975/1488 (1975 III, p. 4986).
(f) 1889 c. 63.
Amendment of the Colouring Matter in Food Regulations 1973
2. The Colouring Matter in Food Regulations 1973, as amended, shall be further amended—
(a) by deleting from the table in Part I of Schedule 1 thereto (which describes...
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