C2C3C5C4C6 Part II MAIN PROVISIONS

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Pts. I-III (ss. 1-39): functions transferred (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch. 2

Pts. I-III (ss. 1-39): certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(1)(3), Sch. 2

C3

Pts. I-III (ss. 1-39) applied (with modifications) (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(2)(3), Sch. 2

C6

Pt. II applied (with modifications) (24.3.2011) by The Hull and Goole Port Health Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/939), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

Food safety

C1C7C810 Improvement notices.

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If an authorised officer of an enforcement authority has reasonable grounds for believing that the proprietor of a food business is failing to comply with any regulations to which this section applies, he may, by a notice served on that proprietor (in this Act referred to as an “improvement notice”)—

a

state the officer’s grounds for believing that the proprietor is failing to comply with the regulations;

b

specify the matters which constitute the proprietor’s failure so to comply;

c

specify the measures which, in the officer’s opinion, the proprietor must take in order to secure compliance; and

d

require the proprietor to take those measures, or measures which are at least equivalent to them, within such period (not being less than 14 days) as may be specified in the notice.

C9C10C11C12C14C13C16C17C18C19C202

Any person who fails to comply with an improvement notice shall be guilty of an offence.

3

This section and section 11 below apply to any regulations under this Part which make provision—

a

for requiring, prohibiting or regulating the use of any process or treatment in the preparation of food; or

b

for securing the observance of hygienic conditions and practices in connection with the carrying out of commercial operations with respect to food or food sources.