The Food Safety (Enforcement Authority) (England and Wales) Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/2462
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Safety (Enforcement Authority) (England and Wales) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st January 1991.

(2) In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Food Safety Act 1990.

Section 2 Enforcement of the Act

(1) Subject to article 3 below, as respects any non-metropolitan district of England and Wales–

(a) the functions of an enforcement authority under section 12 of the Act (which relates to emergency prohibition notices and orders) shall be exercised solely by the council of that district; and

(b) the provisions of section 15 of the Act (which relates to falsely describing or presenting food) shall be enforced solely by the council of the non-metropolitan county.

(2) As respects the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, the functions of an enforcement authority under section 12 aforesaid shall be exercised solely by the appropriate Treasurer, and the provisions of section 15 aforesaid shall be enforced solely by the Common Council of the City of London.

Section 3 Enforcement by other bodies

Nothing in this Order shall affect any assignment of functions under this Act–

(a) to a port health authority by an Order under section 2 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 ; or

(b) to a joint board for a united district by an Order made under section 6 of the Public Health Act 1936 .