The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | SI 2013/2996 |
may be cited as the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013;apply in relation to England only, andcome into force on 31st December 2013.(2) Any amendment or revocation made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended or revoked (but applies in relation to England only) .(1) In these Regulations —
- “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990 ;
- “the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;
- “authorised officer”, in relation to an enforcement authority, means any person (whether or not an officer of the authority) who is authorised by them in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters arising under the Hygiene Regulations and Regulation 178/2002;
- F48”the EU Hygiene Regulations” mean Regulation 852/2004, Regulation 853/2004, Regulation 2073/2005, Regulation 2015/1375, Regulation 2017/185 and Regulation 2017/625 and the Regulation 2017/625 package insofar as it and they apply to food; ...
- “enforcement authority” means the authority which, by virtue of regulation 5, is responsible for executing and enforcing the Hygiene Regulations and Regulation 178/2002;
- “food authority” has the meaning that it bears by virtue of section 5(1) of the Act except that it does not include the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1) (c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and Middle Temple) ;
- “the Hygiene Regulations” means these Regulations and the EU Hygiene Regulations;
- “premises” includes any establishment, any place, vehicle, stall or moveable structure and any ship or aircraft; and
- F56“the Regulation 2017/625 package” means Regulation 2017/625 and the other EU Regulations listed in Schedule 1 under the heading “The Regulation 2017/625 package”;
- “specified EU provision” means any provision of Regulation 178/2002 or the EU Hygiene Regulations that is specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 and whose subject-matter is described in column 2 of that Schedule.
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