The Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) Regulations 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/133
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Title and comencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 22nd February 1987.

Section 2 Authorised Officers

Pursuant to section 73(2) of the Food Act 1984 any officer of a council, being a person having any of the qualifications specified in the Schedule to these Regulations, may be authorised under that Act to act in relation to the examination and seizure of meat.

Section 3 Revocation of Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) Regulations 1978

The Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) Regulations 1978 are hereby revoked.

Section 1

Registered Medical Practitioner.

Section 2

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

Section 3

The holder of a valid—

(a) Certificate or Diploma of the former Public Health Inspectors Education Board, or

(b) Certificate of the former Royal Sanitary Institute and Sanitary Inspectors Examination Joint Board, or

(c) Certificate of the former Sanitary Inspectors Examination Board, or

(d) Certificate in Meat Inspection of the Royal Society for the promotion of Health, or

(e) Diploma in Environmental Health of the former Environmental Health Officers Education Board, or

(f) Certificate of Registration of the Environmental Health Officers Registration Board, or

(g) Diploma in Environmental Health of the Institution of Environmental Health Officers, or

(h) Certificate of Competency in the Inspection of Meat and other Foods of the former Royal Sanitary Association of Scotland, or

(i) Certificate or Diploma of the former Royal Sanitary Association of Scotland, or

(j) Diploma in the Inspection of Meat and other Foods of the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland, or

(k) Certificate for Meat Detention Officers in Northern Ireland of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.