In exceptional circumstances, the appropriate authority may extend the time periods provided for in Articles 11(1), 12(1) or (2), 17(1) and 18(1) on its own initiative or, where applicable, at the Food Safety Authority's request, where the nature of the matter in question justifies an appropriate extension.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 22 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 28; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)