International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act 1976

1 Regulation of standards

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations as to the standards for transport equipment used or intended to be used for the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs where the journey is or is to be effected by road or rail or by a sea crossing of less than 150 kilometres or any combination thereof.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above regulations under this section may—

(a) prescribe foodstuffs or classes of foodstuffs as perishable foodstuffs for the purposes of this Act;

(b) prescribe temperature limits for the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs;

(c) make different provision for different classes of perishable foodstuffs or as respects the same class in different circumstances;

(d) prescribe classes of transport equipment to be used for the international carriage of prescribed classes of perishable foodstuffs;

(e) prescribe different standards for different classes of transport equipment or as respects the same class in different circumstances;

(f) exempt prescribed classes of transport equipment or prescribed classes of perishable foodstuffs from all or any of the provisions of the regulations either generally or in prescribed circumstances.