Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/3/body
Timestamp: 2018-01-20 07:43:03
Document Index: 41778286

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

Preparation of ratingN.I.
Food hygiene ratingN.I.
1 Where a district council has carried out an inspection of a food business establishment in its district, it must rate the food hygiene standards of the establishment on the basis of that inspection.
I1S. 1 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
Notification and publicationN.I.
2—(1) Within 14 days of carrying out an inspection of a food business establishment, a district council must, if it has prepared a food hygiene rating for the establishment on the basis of that inspection, notify the rating to the operator of the establishment.
I2S. 2 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
I3S. 3 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
I4S. 4 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
I5S. 5 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
Validity of rating and related dutiesN.I.
I6S. 6 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
Duty to display ratingN.I.
7—(1) The operator of a food business establishment must ensure that a valid sticker showing the establishment's food hygiene rating is displayed in the location and manner specified by the Department in regulations for so long as the rating is valid.
(2) Where, as a result of section 6(1)(b), a food business establishment's food hygiene rating continues to be valid during a period in which a new food hygiene rating for the establishment is also valid, the operator may choose which of the two stickers to display for the purposes of subsection (1) during that period.
(3) The Department may by regulations provide that, in the case of a food business establishment which supplies consumers with food which they order by means of an online facility of a specified kind, the operator must ensure that the establishment's food hygiene rating is provided online in the specified manner.
I7S. 7 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
Duty to provide information about ratingN.I.
8—(1) The operator of a food business establishment or a relevant employee at the establishment must, on being requested to do so, orally inform the person making the request of the establishment's food hygiene rating.
I8S. 8 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
Enforcement and powers of entryN.I.
9—(1) Each district council must enforce the provisions of this Act in its district.
(2) An authorised officer of a district council may, on producing the officer's authorisation (if required to do so), enter the premises of a food business establishment in its district at any reasonable hour for the purpose of—
(3) Where the premises of a food business establishment are also used as a private residence, an officer may not enter a part of the premises in reliance on subsection (2) unless the officer has given the occupier at least 24 hours' notice of the intention to enter.
I9S. 9 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
10—(1) The operator of a food business establishment commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the operator fails to comply with the duty under section 7(1) or a duty in regulations under section 7(3).
(a)purports to show the establishment's food hygiene rating, but
(5) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally alters, defaces or otherwise tampers with a valid sticker showing a food business establishment's food hygiene rating.
I10S. 10 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
Fixed penaltyN.I.
11—(1) Where an authorised officer of a district council has reason to believe that an offence has been committed under section 10(1) or (2) in the case of a food business establishment in its district, the officer may give the operator of the establishment a fixed penalty notice.
I11S. 11 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
I12S. 12 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
Mobile establishmentsN.I.
13—(1) The Department may by regulations make provision for enabling the transfer of the inspection and rating functions of a district council, in so far as they are exercisable in relation to mobile food business establishments registered with the council under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) 852/2004, to another district council.
I13S. 13 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
14—(1) Each district council—
I14S. 14 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
I15S. 15 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2
Adjustment of time periodsN.I.
16—(1) The Department may by order amend a provision of this Act which specifies a period within which something may or must be done by substituting a different period for the period for the time being specified.
I16S. 16 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2