Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order –
“eating area” means any part of any premises specifically set aside and equipped for the consumption of food notwithstanding that some other activity may be carried on in the area in question but does not include a supply area;
“food” means food and drink for human consumption but does not include food which is supplied –
at the express request of a purchaser in a case where the seller has not indicated that food of the same description is or may be for sale by him; or
at a price agreed in advance pursuant to an order made before an intending purchaser enters the eating area, supply area or take-away area in question to obtain or consume the food;
“premises” includes any vehicle or vessel;
“soft drink” means any non-alcoholic drink of a kind which is served cold;
“supply area” means any part of any premises specifically set aside and equipped for the supply of food to an intending purchaser for consumption on the premises where the food is sold before it is consumed notwithstanding that some other activity may be carried on in the area in question;
“take-away area” means any part of any premises specifically set aside and equipped for the supply of food prepared or heated at the request of a consumer or supplied as heated meals in each case for consumption off the premises where it is sold notwithstanding in any case that some other activity may be carried on in the area in question; and
“wine” means any drink obtained from the alcoholic fermentation of fresh grapes or the must of fresh grapes other than drink fortified with spirits or flavoured with aromatic extracts.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.