Food Safety Act 1990

The National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66) E+W+S

36 (1) In subsection (2) of section 1 of the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (application of food legislation to health authorities and health service premises)— E+W+S

(a) for the words “appropriate authority” there shall be substituted the word “ Ministers ”; and

(b) for the word “authority” there shall be substituted the word “ Ministers ”.

(2) For subsection (7) of that section there shall be substituted—

“(7) In this section—

• “the Ministers” has the same meaning as in the Food Safety Act 1990;

• “the food legislation” means the Food Safety Act 1990 and any regulations or orders made (or having effect as if made) under it;

• “health authority”—

(a) as respects England and Wales, has the meaning assigned to it by section 128 of the 1977 Act; and

(b) as respects Scotland, means a Health Board constituted under section 2 of the 1978 Act, the Common Services Agency constituted under section 10 of that Act or a State Hospital Management Committee constituted under section 91 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984.”