The Feeding Stuffs (Establishments and Intermediaries) Regulations 1998

Amendment of approvals

7.—(1) An eligible person may apply to the competent body to approve an approved establishment as an establishment on which an establishment activity (“the new establishment activity”) may be exercised—

(a) in addition to an establishment activity for the exercise of which the establishment is already approved, or

(b) instead of that activity.

(2) An application made under paragraph (1) shall—

(a) be in writing,

(b) be in the English language,

(c) be signed by or on behalf of the applicant,

(d) contain the name and address of the applicant,

(e) identify the establishment in respect of which the application is made,

(f) identify the new establishment activity which the applicant is exercising or, as the case may be, intends to exercise on that establishment,

(g) (if made by 31st August 1998) state whether the new establishment activity was being exercised on the establishment on 1st April 1998, and

(h) state under which sub-paragraph of paragraph (1) the application is made.

(3) Where an application complying with paragraph (2) is made under paragraph (1)—

(a) regulation 6(1) shall apply, as if the application was made under regulation 5(1), and

(b) if the competent body is satisfied that the establishment meets the applicable conditions, it shall approve the establishment as an establishment on which the new establishment activity may be exercised.

(4) Where, pursuant to paragraph (3), the competent body approves an establishment, the competent body shall amend the register maintained by it under regulation 6(2)(b), to show all the establishment activities the exercise of which on that establishment is approved under regulation 6(2)(a) or under paragraph (3).