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(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Safety Act 1990 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1990.
(2) In this Order, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections and Schedules of the Food Safety Act 1990.
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Except in so far as they are already in force by virtue of section 60(2) or the Food Safety Act 1990 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1990 –
(a) sections 1 to 6, 16 to 19, 25, 26, 27(2) and (5), 28(2), 30, 31, 40, 45, 48, 49(2), 53, 57(1), 59(2) and (3), and Schedules 1 and 4 shall come into force on 1st December 1990;
(b) in so far as they relate to the Public Analysts (Scotland) Regulations 1956 or the Public Analysts Regulations 1957 –
(i) the provisions of Schedule 5 which repeal sections 27, 29 and 56 of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 and sections 76(2) and 79(5) of the Food Act 1984, and
(ii) section 59(4) in so far as it relates to those provisions of Schedule 5,
shall come into force on 1st December 1990;
(c) subject to subparagraph (d) below, all other sections and Schedules, except–
(i) section 54, and
(ii) the provisions of Schedule 5 which repeal sections 16 to 20, Part IV, section 92 (in so far as it relates to section 16(2)) and section 93 (in so far as it relates to section 18(4)) of the Food Act 1984, and
(iii) section 59(4) in so far as it relates to those provisions,
shall come into force on 1st January 1991;
(d) in so far as they relate to the Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations 1990 –
(i) the provisions of Schedule 5 which repeal sections 13 and 132(1) of the Food Act 1984, and
(ii) section 59(4) in so far as it relates to those provisions of Schedule 5,
shall come into force immediately after the coming into force of the provisions of those Regulations, that is–
(iii) on 1st April 1991 as regards all those Regulations, except regulation 3(b) and Schedule 1, to the extent that they have effect for the purposes of a new paragraph (6) of regulation 12 of the Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations 1966, and
(iv) on 1st April 1992 as regards the said regulation 3(b) and Schedule 1 to the extent that they have effect for the purposes of the said new paragraph (6) of regulation 12 of the 1966 Regulations, and
(e) section 54 shall come into force on 1st April 1992.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 29th November 1990.
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Stephen Dorrell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
29th November 1990Ian Lang
Secretary of State for Scotland
30th November 1990David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
30th November 1990