{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-bones-regulations-1997/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-bones-regulations-1997/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2959",
  "legislation_title": "The Beef Bones Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-bones-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Enforcement",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations shall be enforced—\n(a) by the Minister in relation to premises in England licensed under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995;\n(b) by the Secretary of State in relation to premises in Wales and Scotland licensed under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995; and\n(c) in relation to any other premises, by the food authority in whose area the premises are situated.\n(2) On an inspection of any food or ingredient intended for human consumption an authorised officer of a food authority or an official veterinary surgeon (designated as such under regulation 8(1) of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995) may certify that the food or ingredient fails to comply with these Regulations.\n(3) Where any food or ingredient is certified as mentioned in paragraph (2) above it may be treated for the purposes of section 9 of the Act as failing to comply with food safety requirements.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/539; relevant amendments are S.I. 1995/2148 and 3189, S.I. 1996/1148 and S.I. 1997/2074."
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "uksi/2000/656",
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    },
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      "type": "words substituted",
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      "affecting_title": "The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/14",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/14",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2006/31",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2006/31",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2959/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:40:49.404576+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}