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Food Safety Act 1990

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48Regulations and orders

(1)Any power of the Ministers or the Minister to make regulations or an order under this Act includes power—

(a)to apply, with modifications and adaptations, any other enactment (including one contained in this Act) which deals with matters similar to those being dealt with by the regulations or order;

(b)to make different provision in relation to different cases or classes of case (including different provision for different areas or different classes of business); and

(c)to provide for such exceptions, limitations and conditions, and to make such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions, as the Ministers or the Minister considers necessary or expedient.

(2)Any power of the Ministers or the Minister to make regulations or orders under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(3)Any statutory instrument containing—

(a)regulations under this Act; or

(b)an order under this Act other than an order under section 60(3) below,

shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4)Before making—

(a)any regulations under this Act, other than regulations under section 17(2) or 18(1)(c) above; or

(b)any order under Part I of this Act,

the Ministers shall consult with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the regulations or order.

(5)Any consultation undertaken before the commencement of subsection (4) above shall be as effective, for the purposes of that subsection, as if undertaken after that commencement.

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