Food Safety Act 1990

36 (1) In subsection (2) of section 1 of the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (application of food legislation to health authorities and health service premises)—

(a) for the words “appropriate authority” there shall be substituted the word “Ministers”; and

(b) for the word “authority” there shall be substituted the word “Ministers”.

(2) For subsection (7) of that section there shall be substituted—

“(7) In this section—

• “the Ministers” has the same meaning as in the Food Safety Act 1990;

• “the food legislation” means the Food Safety Act 1990 and any regulations or orders made (or having effect as if made) under it;

• “health authority”—

  (a)

  as respects England and Wales, has the meaning assigned to it by section 128 of the 1977 Act; and

  (b)

  as respects Scotland, means a Health Board constituted under section 2 of the 1978 Act, the Common Services Agency constituted under section 10 of that Act or a State Hospital Management Committee constituted under section 91 of the [1984 c. 36.] Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984.”