Miscellaneous functions
I114Review of operation of Act
1
Each district council—
a
must keep the operation of this Act in its district under review, and
b
must provide the Food Standards Agency with such information as it may request for the purpose of carrying out a review under this section.
2
The Food Standards Agency must, within three years of the commencement of section 1, review the operation of this Act throughout Northern Ireland.
3
The review must include a consideration of the following matters—
a
where this Act specifies a period in which something may or must be done, whether that period is adequate for the purpose;
b
whether section 3 is operating satisfactorily;
c
whether section 4 is operating satisfactorily and, in particular, whether there should be a limit on the number of occasions on which the right to make a request for a re-rating under that section may be exercised.
4
The Food Standards Agency may carry out subsequent reviews of the operation of this Act throughout Northern Ireland as and when it considers appropriate.
5
Having conducted a review under this section, the Food Standards Agency—
a
must prepare a report of the review, and
b
must send the report to the Department.
6
Where, in the light of a review under this section, the Food Standards Agency has recommendations to propose for improvements to the operation of this Act, the report under subsection (5) must specify those recommendations.
7
The Department must, on receiving the report under subsection (5), publish the report.
8
The Department must publish its response to the report; and its response must indicate—
a
whether it proposes to exercise one or more of the powers under sections 1(7), 3(12), 4(12) and 16(1),
b
in so far as it does so propose, the amendments it proposes to make and its reasons for doing so, and
c
in so far as it does not so propose, its reasons for not doing so.
9
The Food Standards Agency must promote the scheme provided for by this Act.