EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1

These Regulations amend the Food Hygiene Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No. 3, as amended) so as to —

a

permit the service of a remedial action notice in relation to an establishment not subject to approval under European food hygiene legislation (regulation 2(2)); and

b

provide for compensation to be payable where a food business operator suffers loss by complying with a remedial action notice which, on appeal to the court, is subsequently cancelled (regulation 2(3)).

2

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this Statutory Rule will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the Statutory Rule on the legislation.gov.uk website.