Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations 1991, and shall come into force on 5th July 1991.

Amendment of the Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations 1966 and the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970

2.—(1) In regulation 2(1) of the Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations 1966(1), after the definition of “preparation” there shall be inserted the following—

• ““railway” means a railway having a gauge of 350 millimetres or more used for the purpose of public transport of passengers, but does not include—

  (a)

  a tramway;

  (b)

  a railway laid on a beach or pier; or

  (c)

  a railway providing communication between the top and bottom of a cliff;”.

(2) Regulation 12 of the Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations 1966 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(3) Regulation 27 of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970(2) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed this 4th day of June 1991.

L.S.

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Stephen Dorrell

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

5th June 1991

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

5th June 1991