2005 No. 2359
FOOD, ENGLAND

The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19(1)(b) and 26(2)(d) of the Food Safety Act 19901 and now vested in her2, having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency, after consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety3, makes the following Regulations:

Title, application and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005, shall apply in relation to England only and shall come into force on 24th September 2005.

Amendment to the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 19952.

(1)

The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 19954 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2) in so far as they apply in relation to England.

(2)

Paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 1A (licensing of butchers' shops) shall be omitted.

Existing licences3.

Any licence issued under Schedule 1A to the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 before the date of coming into force of these Regulations that is in force on that date shall remain in force regardless of the day on which it was issued.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Caroline Flint
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1.

These Regulations, which apply in relation to England only, further amend the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1763 as already amended), which extend to the whole of Great Britain.

2.

These Regulations revoke paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 1A to S.I. 1995/1763, which respectively provide that —

(a)

a licence for a butcher’s shop issued under that Schedule remains in force for a year from the date of issue; and

(b)

if a licence is granted to a person who has held a licence for not less than 8 months and both licences relate to the same premises, the further licence becomes operative for a period of a year beginning on the expiry of the existing licence (regulation 2(2)).

3.

These Regulations also provide that any licence issued under Schedule 1A to S.I. 1995/1763 before the date of coming into force of these Regulations that is in force on that date shall remain in force regardless of the day on which it was issued (regulation 3).

4.

No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.