The Food Premises (Registration) Regulations 1991

Supply of information and alterations to register

7.—(1) Where there is a change of proprietor of a food business carried on at premises required, before the occurrence of the change, by regulation 2(1) or paragraph 5 of Schedule 3, to be registered the new proprietor shall, before, on or within 28 days after the date of the change, supply the relevant registration authority with the same particulars as are required by regulation 4(4) to be provided on an application for premises to be registered.

(2) Where there is a change in the nature of a food business (other than one carried on from relevant moveable premises in a market to which paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 applies) particulars of which are contained in the register under regulation 5(1)(b), the proprietor of the business shall supply the relevant registration authority with particulars of the change no later than 28 days after the date of its occurrence.

(3) The relevant registration authority shall make such alterations to the register and to the supplementary record (including the removal of particulars relating to premises which are no longer used for the purposes of a food business) as are necessary to take account of—

(a) any particulars supplied under paragraphs (1) or (2);

(b) any changes which have come to its attention otherwise than under paragraphs (1) or (2).

(4) The registration authority shall not alter particulars relating to a food business under paragraph (3)(b) without having first given the proprietor of the business 28 days prior notice in writing of its intention to do so, and without having considered any representations which he makes to them within that period.