The Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

6.—(1) Provision for imposing responsibility for compliance with any requirements imposed by virtue of paragraph 5(1) in respect of any premises—N.I.

(a)on the occupier of the premises; and

(b)in the case of requirements of a structural character, on any owner of the premises who either—

(i)lets them for use for a purpose to which the regulations apply; or

(ii)permits them to be so used after notice from the district council or, as the case may be,[F1 the Food Standards Agency or] the Department of Agriculture.

(2) Provision for conferring in relation to particular premises, subject to such limitations and safeguards as may be specified, exemptions from the operation of specified provisions which—

(a)are contained in the regulations; and

(b)are made by virtue of paragraph 5(1),

while there is in force a certificate of the district council or, as the case may be,[F1 the Food Standards Agency or] the Department of Agriculture to the effect that compliance with those provisions cannot reasonably be required with respect to the premises or any activities carried on in them.