Flour (Composition) (Scotland) Regulations, 1956
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1956/1354 |
1956 No. 1354 (S. 67)
The Flour (Composition) (Scotland) Regulations, 195623rdAugust 1956
3rdSeptember 1956
30thSeptember 1956
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4, 26 and 56 of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act, 1956(a), and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, and having consulted with such organisations as appear
(a) 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 30.
to me to be representative of interests substantially affected I hereby make the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 30th day of September, 1956; and may be cited as the Flour (Composition) (Scotland) Regulations, 1956.
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— "creta praeparata" meafls the substance so described in the British Pharmacopoeia or the British Pharmaceutical Codex, which conforms to the standards laid down therein and which is of granularity standard—
(i) not more than 0·1 per centum to remain on a 100 mesh sieve, and
(ii) not more than 0·2 .per centum to remain to a 240 mesh sieve;
"flour" means the product derived from or separated during the milling or grinding of wheat (other than wheat offals and wheat germ separated for disposal as such) and includes meal and any flour derived wholly or partly from wheat that, before being ground or milled, has been malted or subjected to any process, but does not include semolina.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889(a), shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament
3. These Regulations shall be enforced and executed by the councils of counties and large burghs within the meaning of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1947(b); and any small burgh within the meaning of that Act shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be included in the county in which it is situated.
4. Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, any flour described in the first column of the Schedule to these Regulations which is intended for sale for human consumption shall contain the substances specified in relation thereto in the second column of the said Schedule.
5. No person shall sell, offer or expose or have in his possession for sale, consign or deliver any flour which does not comply with the immediately preceding Regulation:
Provided that this Regulation shall not apply as respects any sale, offer or exposure or having hi his possession for sale, consignment or delivery of flour—
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