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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Licences And Licensing
Licensing (liquor)
Made
17th February 2011
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
21st February 2011
Coming into force
28th March 2011
1.-(1) This order may be cited as the Licensing (Food Hygiene Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2011 and comes into force on 28th March 2011.
(2) In this Order "the Specified Community provisions" has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006(3).
2.-(1) For the purposes of issuing a certificate under section 39(4) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, the food authority must state in the certificate that the vehicle, kiosk or moveable stall complies with all relevant requirements of the Specified Community provisions.
(2) In this article, "food authority" has the meaning given in section 5(2) of the Food Safety Act 1990(4).
3. For the purposes of section 50(7) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, a food hygiene certificate is a certificate signed on behalf of the appropriate authority, within the meaning of section 50(8)(c) of that Act, stating that the subject premises comply with all relevant requirements of the Specified Community provisions.
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
17th February 2011
(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 39 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 relates to street traders' licences. Section 39(4), as amended by section 175 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, provides that a street trader's licence cannot be granted by the licensing authority unless there is produced to them a certificate by the food authority (which, under section 5(2) of the Food Safety Act 1990, means, in Scotland, a local authority) stating that the vehicle, kiosk or moveable stall complies with such requirements as the Scottish Ministers may specify.
Article 2 of this Order specifies that the food authority must state that the vehicle, kiosk or moveable stall complies with all relevant requirements of certain EU provisions which are listed in Schedule 2 to the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/3).
Section 50 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act provides what certificates must accompany a premises licence application. Section 50(7), as amended by section 186 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, specifies that a food hygiene certificate is a certificate signed on behalf of the appropriate authority (as defined in section 50(8)) stating that the subject premises (that is the premises which are the subject of the application for a premises licence) comply with such requirements as the Scottish Ministers may specify.
Article 3 of this Order specifies that a food hygiene certificate is a certificate signed by the appropriate authority which states that the subject premises comply with all relevant requirements of certain EU provisions which are listed in Schedule 2 to the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/3).
1982 c.45. Section 39(4) was amended by section 175 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.
2005 asp 16. Section 50(7) was amended by section 186 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.
S.S.I. 2006/3.
