(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1
These Regulations further amend the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (S.R. 1995 No. 360).
2
These Regulations revoke paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 1A to S.R. 1995 No. 360, which respectively provide that—
a
a licence for a butcher’s shop issued under that Schedule remains in operation for a year from the date of issue; and
b
if a licence is granted to a person who has held a licence for not less than 8 months and both licences relate to the same premises, the further licence becomes operative for a period of a year beginning on the expiry of the existing licence (regulation 2(2)).
3
These Regulations also provide that any licence issued under Schedule 1A to S.R. 1995 No. 360 before the date of coming into operation of these Regulations that is in operation on that date shall remain in operation regardless of the day on which it was issued (regulation 3).