International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act 1976

3 Provisions supplementary to section 2

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 2(1) of this Act, the Secretary of State may make regulations with respect to any of the following matters—

(a) the authorisation of qualified persons and of certifying officers, the imposition of conditions to be complied with by such persons and the withdrawal of authorisations;

(b) the manner in which and conditions under which testing is or is to be carried out, and the inspection of premises at which and apparatus with which testing is or is to be carried out;

(c) the conditions to be complied with as respects designated stations and the withdrawal of approval of designated stations;

(d) the manner in which application may be made for examination and testing, the manner in which and time within which appeals may be brought and the fees to be paid in connection with examination and testing;

(e) the form of and particulars to be contained in examination and test reports;

(f) the form of and particulars to be contained in certificates issued under section 2 of this Act and notifications of the refusal or cancellation thereof;

(g) the issue of certified copies of certificates issued under section 2 of this Act, and the fees to be paid therefor;

(h) the position and the manner in which designated marks are to be affixed;

(i) the period of validity of a certificate issued under section 2 of this Act;

(j) the carrying of a certificate issued under section 2 of this Act on transport equipment in such manner and in such place as may be prescribed ;

(k) the circumstances in which and the conditions under which a certificate issued under section 2 of this Act may be renewed, cancelled, transferred or surrendered ;

(l) the notification of alterations made to or damage suffered by transport equipment in respect of which a certificate has been issued under section 2 of this Act;

(m) the periodic examination and testing of equipment in respect of which a certificate has been issued under section 2 of this Act.

(2) Regulations under this section may exempt prescribed classes of transport equipment from all or any of the provisions of the regulations either generally or in prescribed circumstances ; and different provision may be made by the regulations for different cases or classes of case.

(3) Regulations under this section may also make provision for the recognition of prescribed documents issued outside the United Kingdom or issued by such bodies as may be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State.