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PART IINTRODUCTORY

1Title and commencement

2Interpretation

3Application to food offered as prizes, etc.

4Presumptions that food intended for human consumption

PART IIGENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO FOOD

5Interpretation

Food safety

6Rendering food injurious to health

Art. 7 rep. by SR 2004/505

8Inspection and seizure of suspected food

9Improvement notices

10Prohibition orders

11Emergency prohibition notices and orders

12Emergency control orders

Consumer protection

13Selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded

14Falsely describing or presenting food

Regulations

15Food safety and consumer protection

16Enforcement of Community provisions

17Special provisions for particular foods, etc.

18Registration and licensing of food premises

Defences, etc.

19Offences due to fault of another person

20Defence of due diligence

21Defence of publication in the course of business

Miscellaneous and supplemental

22Provision of food hygiene training

23Provision of facilities for cleansing shellfish

Art. 24 rep. by 1999 c.28

25Regulations and orders: supplementary provisions

PART IIIADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Administration

26Enforcement of this Order

27Appointment of public and other analysts

28Provision of facilities for examinations

Sampling and analysis, etc.

29Procurement of samples

30Analysis, etc., of samples procured by authorised officer of a district council

31Analysis, etc., of samples procured by authorised officer of the Department of Agriculture

32Regulation of sampling and analysis, etc.

Powers of entry and obstruction, etc.

33Powers of entry

34Obstruction, etc., of officers

Offences

35Time limit for prosecutions

36Punishment of offences

Appeals

37Appeals

38Appeals against improvement notices

PART IVMISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

Powers of Department

39Power to issue codes of practice

40Power to require returns

41Default powers

Protective provisions

42Continuance of registration or licence on death

43Protection of public analyst acting in good faith

Financial provisions

44Regulations as to charges

45Expenses of authorised officers

Art. 46 rep. by 1996 NI 12

Supplemental

47Regulations and orders

48Form and authentication of documents

49Application to Crown

50Water supply

51Amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 15(1)

Composition of food

1Provision for prohibiting or regulating— (a) the sale, possession for sale, or offer, exposure or...

Fitness, etc., of food

2(1) Provision for prohibiting— (a) the sale for human consumption; or (b) the use in...

3(1) Provision for regulating generally the treatment and disposal of any food— (a) which is...

Processing and treatment of food

4Provision for the following, namely— (a) for the giving by persons possessing such qualifications as...

Food hygiene

5(1) Provision for imposing requirements as to— (a) the construction, maintenance, cleanliness and use of...

6(1) Provision for imposing responsibility for compliance with any requirements imposed by virtue of paragraph...

Production of food sources

6AProvision for prohibiting or regulating— (a) the possession, sale or offer, exposure or advertisement for...

Inspection, etc., of food sources

7(1) Provision for securing the inspection of food sources by authorised officers for the purpose...

Schedule 2—Amendments

SCHEDULE 3TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS

Interpretation (1) In this Schedule— “the appointed day” for the purposes of this Schedule means...

Interpretation

1In this Schedule— “the appointed day” for the purposes of this Schedule means the day...

Regulations under the 1989 Order

2Any existing regulations made, or having effect as if made, under any provision of the...

Regulations with respect to milk

3(1) Any existing regulations made under Article 9 of the Milk (Northern Ireland) Order 1983...

Disqualification orders

4The repeal by this Order of Article 16 of the 1989 Order (court's power to...

Para. 5 rep. by 1999 c. 28

Closure orders

6The repeal by this Order of Article 22 of the 1989 Order (closure orders) shall...

Saving

7The provisions of this Schedule have effect without prejudice to sections 28 and 29 of...

Schedule 4—Repeals

1991 No. 762 (N.I. 7)

The Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

20th March 1991