- Enforced by
- Food Standards Scotland
- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 2 of 3 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 1 has no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person2
Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.004
Enforcement
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Food authorities must enforce the nutrition and health claims regulationsLocal authority
s.005
Offences and Penalties
Prosecution
- Breach nutrition and health claims requirementsAny Person
Unlimited fine
s.007
Obstruction of officers and provision of information
Prosecution
- Obstruct officers or supply false informationAny Person
Unlimited fine
5 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation, commencement and extent
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Competent Authorities
s.006
Application of various provisions of
s.008
Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.