
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1999, shall come into force on 21st December 1999 and shall extend to England.
2 
The Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997, insofar as they apply to England, shall be amended by the insertion of “—(1)” immediately before the text of regulation 6 (application of various provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990) and the insertion of the following paragraph at the end of that regulation:“
(2) Section 25(3) (other than paragraph (b)) and (4) of the Act (which restricts disclosure) shall apply to information submitted to the Minister as part of a request made by reference to Article 4.1, as it applies to information relating to an individual business obtained by means of an order under section 25(1) of the Act; its application to information so submitted is subject to such modifications as are necessary for a disclosure in contravention of section 25(3) to be a breach of duty owed to the person who submitted the information but not an offence.”.
Hayman
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
27th November 1999Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health:
Yvette Cooper
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health,
Department of Health
29th November 1999Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales:
David Hanson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office
30th November 1999