The Food Premises (Registration) Regulations 1991

Consequential amendment and transitional provisions

10.—(1) In regulation 8(2) of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970(1) for the words “with a food authority for the preparation of the food in question” there shall be substituted “under the Food Premises (Registration) Regulations 1991”.

(2) Premises registered under section 16 of the Food Act 1984(2) immediately before its repeal shall until I May 1992 be treated as registered under these Regulations for the purpose of regulation 8(2) of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970.

(3) An application for premises to be registered may be made before the commencement date in accordance with regulation 4 as though the provisions of regulations 2 and 3 were in force.

(4) In relation to premises, other than Crown premises, in respect of which an application is made by virtue of paragraph (3) more than 28 days before the commencement date, regulation 4(6) and (7) shall have effect as though for the requirement to register premises within 28 days there were substituted a requirement to register the premises as soon as is reasonably practicable, and in any event by 1st May 1992.

(5) In relation to premises registered or required to be registered in consequence of such an application, the reference in regulations 5(1) and 7(1) to premises required to be registered shall be construed as references to premises which would be required by regulation 2(1), or paragraph 5 of Schedule 3, to be registered were regulation 2 in force.

(6) In paragraphs (3) and (4) “commencement date” means—

(a) in relation to premises other than Crown premises, 1st May 1992;

(b) in relation to Crown premises, 1st July 1992.

(1)

S.I. 1970/1172, the relevant amending instrument is the Food Safety Act 1990 (Consequential Modifications) (England and Wales) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2486).

(2)

1984 c. 30.