Amendments to the Food (Control of Irradiation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19928.

In Schedule 1, in Part II (conditions of irradiation licences)—

(a)

in paragraph 9(1) there shall be inserted at the beginning “The licence shall prohibit the applicant from subjecting any food to treatment by ionising radiation in combination with any chemical treatment having the same purpose as that treatment.” ;

(b)

the contents of paragraph 15 shall be numbered “(1)” and there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(2)

The licence shall require the applicant to preserve the records referred to in sub-paragraph (1) for a period of 5 years after making.”;

(c)

for paragraph 16(1) there shall be substituted the following—

“(1)

The licence shall require the applicant to send to the licensing authority within twenty-eight days after each anniversary of the date from which the licence runs a written return in respect of the year ending with that anniversary.”; and

(d)

for paragraph 18 (duration) there shall be substituted the following—

“Duration18.

The licence shall, subject to Part III, continue in effect unless withdrawn or suspended in accordance with the provisions of Part IV or surrendered by the applicant to the licensing authority; and existing licenses shall be construed accordingly.”.