Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970.

  • United Kingdom
Date:
1970
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (6) The provisions referred to in paragraph (2) are regulation 17 (water supply to be provided), regulation 20 (accommodation for clothing, etc.), and regulation 24(2) (food room not to be, or communicate with, a sleeping place). (7) Section 120 of the Act (which relates to the right to carry on business while an appeal is pending), shall apply for the purposes of these regulations, with the modification that references therein to refusing or revoking a licence shall include references to refusing or withdrawing a certificate of exemption. Offences 29.—(1) A person engaged in the handling of food shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations if he fails to comply with any provision of these regulations which imposes obligations on a person so engaged. (2) A person carrying on a food business shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations if— (a) as respects that food business, any provision of these regulations (other than the requirements imposed by regulations 10 and 13 on persons engaged in the handling of food) is contravened ; or (b) he fails to take all reasonable steps to secure the compliance by any person employed by him or under his control with the provisions of regulations 10 and 13. (3) Any person for the time being having the control or management of persons engaged in the handling of food, not being himself a person carrying on a food business, shail be guilty of an offence against these regulations if he fails to take all reasonable steps to secure the compliance by any person under his control or management with any provision of these regulations which imposes obligations on a person engaged in the handling of food. (4) Section 113 (which relates to a contravention due to some person other than the person charged), section 115(2) (which relates to conditions under which a warranty may be pleaded as a defence) and section 116 (which relates to offences in relation to warranties and certificates of analysis) of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these regulations as if references therein to proceed- ings taken or brought under the Act shall include references to proceedings taken or brought for an offence under these regulations. Penalties 30. Any person guilty of an offence against these regulations shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding five pounds for each day during which the offence continues after conviction. Part VI SHIPS Application and enforcement 31.—(1) The provisions of these regulations shall apply in relation to ships, and to food businesses carried on in ships, as they apply in relation to food premises and to food businesses carried on therein, subject to the modifications and further provisions specified in this regulation and in regulation 32.
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