Soft Drinks (Amendment) Regulations 1976
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1976/295 |
| Year | 1976 |
1976 No. 295
FOOD AND DRUGS
COMPOSITION AND LABELLING
The Soft Drinks (Amendment) Regulations 197626thFebruary 1976
5thMarch 1976
26thMarch 1976
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 read with the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968(b), 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 Act (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 Soft Drinks (Amendment) Regulations 1976, and shall come into operation on 26th March 1976.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(c) shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Amendment of the principal regulations
2. The Soft Drinks Regulations 1964(d), as amended(e), shall be further amended—
(a) by substituting for paragraph (3) of regulation 5 thereof the following paragraph:—
"(3) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, any soft drink intended for consumption after dilution which is of a description included in Part II of Schedule 2 or Part II of Schedule 3 to these regulations shall as respects the fruit juice or potable fruit content, as the case may be, and the quantities of added sugar and permitted artificial sweetener therein either conform to the requirements as to composition set out in relation thereto in the relevant Part II or be of such composition that after dilution in accordance
(a) 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 16.
(b) S.I. 1968/1699 (1968 III, p. 4585).
(c) 1889 c. 63.
(d) S.I. 1964/760 (1964 II, p. 1605).
(e) The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1969/1818, 1972/1510 (1969 III, p. 5644; 1972 III, p. 4441).
with the instructions referred to in regulation 7A of these regulations it conforms to the requirements as to composition set out in Part I of Schedule 2 or Part I of Schedule 3 to these regulations in relation to the corresponding soft drink intended for consumption without dilution.";
(b) by inserting after...
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