Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Medicines Act 1968 (c. 67)

8 In section 108 of the Medicines Act 1968 (enforcement in England and Wales)—

(a) for the words “food and drugs authority”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “drugs authority”; and

(b) after subsection (11) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(12) In this section “drugs authority” means—

(a) as respects each London borough, metropolitan district or non-metropolitan county, the council of that borough, district or county; and

(b) as respects the City of London (including the Temples), the Common Council of that City.”

9 In section 109 of that Act (enforcement in Scotland)—

(a) paragraph (c) of subsection (2) shall cease to have effect; and

(b) after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(2A) Subsection (12) of section 108 of this Act shall have effect in relation to Scotland as if for paragraphs (a) and (b) there were substituted the words “an islands or district council”.”

10 After section 115 of that Act there shall be inserted the following section—

“115A Facilities for microbiological examinations

A drugs authority or the council of a non-metropolitan district may provide facilities for microbiological examinations of drugs.”

11 In section 132(1) of that Act (interpretation), the definition of “food and drugs authority” shall cease to have effect and after the definition of “doctor” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““drugs authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 108(12) of this Act;”.

12 In paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 3 to that Act (sampling) for the words from “in relation to England and Wales” to “Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956” there shall be substituted the words “except in relation to Northern Ireland, has the meaning assigned to it by section 27 of the Food Safety Act 1990”.