Food Safety Act 1990

50 Service of documents. E+W+S

(1) Any document which is required or authorised by or under this Act to be given to or served on any person may, in any case for which no other provision is made by this Act, be given or served either—

(a) by delivering it to that person;

(b) in the case of [F1 an authorised officer] of an enforcement authority, by leaving it, or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him, at his office;

(c) in the case of an incorporated company or body, by delivering it to their secretary or clerk at their registered or principal office, or by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him at that office; or

(d) in the case of any other person, by leaving it, or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him, at his usual or last known residence.

(2) Where a document is to be given to or served on the owner or the occupier of any premises and it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain the name and address of the person to or on whom it should be given or served, or the premises are unoccupied, the document may be given or served by addressing it to the person concerned by the description of “owner” or “occupier” of the premises (naming them) and—

(a) by delivering it to some person on the premises; or

(b) if there is no person on the premises to whom it can be delivered, by affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous part of the premises.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 50(1) substituted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 76, 82(2)(f), Sch. 16 para. 18

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 50 applied (with modifications) (10.7.1995) by S.I. 1995/1544, reg. 10

S. 50 applied (with modifications) (30.6.1997) by S.I. 1995/1544, reg. 10(1)(as substituted (30.6.1997) by S.I. 1997/1414, reg. 3)

C2 S. 50 extended (W.) (31.7.2003) by The Food Safety (Ships and Aircraft) (Wales) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1774), arts. 1, 3, Sch.

C3 S. 50 applied (17.12.2004) by Genetically Modified Food (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3220), regs. 1(b), 6(1)(l)

C4 S. 50 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2005) by Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/332), regs. 1(1), 15(1)(h)

C5 S. 50 applied (with modifications) (22.8.2007) by Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2245), regs. 1(2), 21 (with reg. 1(4)(5))

C6 S. 50 applied (with modifications) (27.4.2008) by Eggs and Chicks (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/129), regs. 1(2), 20 (with reg. 3)

C7 S. 50 applied (with modifications) (S.) (19.12.2008) by Eggs and Chicks (Scotland) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/395), regs. 1(2), 20 (with reg. 3)

C8 S. 50 applied (with modifications) (17.4.2009) by Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/793), regs. 1(2), 21 (with reg. 1(4)(5))

C9 S. 50 power to apply in part for certain purposes conferred (S.) (1.4.2015) by Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1), ss. 49(2)(c)(xii), 63(2) (with s. 62); S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2

C10 S. 50 applied (with modifications) (S.) (1.1.2018) by The Novel Foods (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/415), regs. 1, 5(1)(j)

C11 S. 50 applied (with modifications) (E.) (8.3.2018) by The Novel Foods (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/154), regs. 1, 7(1)(j)

C12 S. 50 applied (with modifications) (E.) (1.10.2022) by The Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1368), regs. 1(1), 16(1)(2)(o)

C13 S. 50 applied (with modifications) (S.) (30.6.2023) by The Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (Compliance Notices) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/161), regs. 1(2), 3(e)