Section 13: Regulations as to food hygiene., Food Act 1984

the Ministers may make such regulations as appear to them to be expedient for securing the observance of sanitary and cleanly conditions and practices in connection with—

the sale of food for human consumption, or

the importation, preparation, transport, storage, packaging, wrapping, exposure for sale, service or delivery of food intended for sale or sold for human consumption,

or otherwise for the protection of the public health in connection with those matters.

Regulations under this section may make different provisions in relation to different classes of business; and without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section or section 118, any such regulations imposing requirements in respect of premises may—

impose on the occupier of the premises and, in the case of requirements of a structural character, on any owner of the premises who either lets them for use for a purpose to which the regulations apply or permits them to be so used after notice from the authority charged with the enforcement of the regualtions, responsibility for compliance with those requirements;

provide, subject to such limitations and safeguards as may be specified, for conferring, in relation to particular premises, exemptions from the operation of specified provisions contained in regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (2) while there is in force a certificate of the local authority to the effect that compliance with those provisions cannot reasonably be required with respect to the premises or any activities carried on in them.

If any person who has incurred, or is about to incur, expenditure in securing that the requirements of regulations made under this section, being requrements of a structural character, are complied with in respect of any premises owned or occupied by him claims that the whole or any part of the expenditure ought to be borne by any other person having an interest in the premises, he may apply to the county court.

The court may make such order concerning the expenditure or its apportionment as appears to the court, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the terms of any contract between the parties, to be just and equitable; and any order made under this subsection may direct that any such contract as mentioned above shall cease to have effect in so far as it is inconsistent with the terms of the order.

Regulations made under this section may impose in respect of accommodation in home-going ships, and in respect of vehicles, stalls and places other than premises, any such requirements as may be imposed under the regulations in respect of premises.

references in this section to food shall be construed as references to food other than milk, except that—

regulations under this section relating to importation may apply to milk; and

any regulations under this section may apply to any food containing milk.

The Ministers shall from time to time take such steps as they think expedient for publishing codes of practice in connection with matters which may be made the sudject of regulations under this section, for the purpose of giving advice and guidance to persons responsible for compliance with such regulations.

If a person convicted of an offence against any regulations made under this section with respect to slaughterhouses or knackers' yards is the holder of a licence under section 1 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 in respect of the premises where the offence was committed, the court may, in addition to any other punishment, cancel the licence.

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Section 13: Regulations as to food hygiene.

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