Genetically Modified Food (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. No. 432 of 2004).

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, provide for the enforcement and execution of Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed. In particular the Regulations: (a) designate the Food Standards Agency as the national competent authority for receiving applications for the authorization of new genetically modified organisms for food use, food containing or consisting of genetically modified organisms, or food produced from or containing ingredients produced from genetically modified organisms (reg. 3); (b) provide for food authorities to enforce the provisions of these Regulations and Chapter II of the Community Regulation (reg. 4); (c) establish penalties for failing to comply with certain specified provisions of the Community Regulation (reg. 5 and the Schedule); (d) apply various provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 with some modifications in their application for the purposes of these Regulations (reg. 6); (e) make consequential amendments to the Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997 by inserting a provision in the Schedule (reg. 8).