Food Safety Act 1990

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.