| Guvnor

Enforced by: Food Standards Scotland
Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 2 of 4 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 1 carries different penalties and 1 has no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person3

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.

Part 1

Introductory

0 of 2 sections shown

2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation, extent and commencement

s.002 Interpretation

Part 2

Erucic acid in food

1 of 2 sections shown

s.004 Controls on erucic acid Regulated

Sell or supply food with erucic acid above 5%Any Person

1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.003 Scope

Part 3

Contaminants in food

1 of 1 section shown

s.005 Controls on contaminants in food Regulated

Breach food contaminant controls (placing, mixing or labelling)Any Person

Part 4

Administration and enforcement

2 of 5 sections shown

s.006 Penalties Prosecution

Breach rules on erucic acid or contaminants in foodAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.007 Enforcement and competent authorities Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Food authorities must enforce contaminant rules in their areaLocal authority

3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.008 Application of various sections of the Food Safety Act 1990

s.009 Consequential amendment

s.010 Revocations

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.