Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 1985
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1985 No. 99
CONSUMER PROTECTION
The Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 198529thJanuary 1985
31stJanuary 1985
Whereas the Secretary of State has, in accordance with section 1(4) of the Consumer Safety Act 1978(a), consulted such organisations as appear to him to be substantially affected by these Regulations, such other persons as he considers appropriate and the Health and Safety Commission:
And whereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 7(7) of the said Act:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1 of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 to, the said Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 1985 and shall come into operation in relation to erasers only on 31st January 1985 and in relation to all other regulated products on 1st August 1985.
2. In these Regulations —
"food" means food for human consumption, and includes drink, chewing gum and other products of a like nature and use, and articles and substances used as ingredients in the preparation of food or drink or of such products;
"regulated product" means toys and the items listed in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, but does not include labels, stickers or transfers, envelopes, or sheets of card, cardboard or paper;
"severable part" means any part of a regulated product which is designed to be detachable, without the use of tools, from the product or which can be severed from the product by means of either of the tests prescribed by Schedule 2 to these Regulations;
(a) 1978 c.38.
"toys" means playthings whether intended for adults or children and includes modelling clay, plasticine and products of a like nature and use, jokes, novelties and tricks but does not include the following products, provided that they neither smell like food or like flowers nor taste like food —
(a) marbles; and
(b) products bona fide intended for use to represent food in a dolls' house or other model scene or setting;
"truncated cylinder" means a cylinder constructed in conformity with the diagram and specifications contained in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
3.—(1) Subject to Regulations 4 and 5, no person shall supply, offer to supply, agree to supply, expose for supply or possess for supply any regulated product —
(a) which looks like food, or smells like food or like flowers, or...
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