Regulation 12 EnforcementI1

In premises licensed under the Slaughter Houses Act (Northern Ireland) 1953, these Regulations shall be enforced by the Department and in any other case the Regulations shall be enforced by each district council within its district and each such authority shall for the purposes of these Regulations be an enforcement authority.

On an inspection of any food or ingredient intended for human consumption an authorised officer of an enforcement authority may certify that the food fails to comply with these Regulations.

Where any food is certified as mentioned in paragraph (2) it may be treated for the purposes of Article 8 of the Order as failing to comply with food safety requirements.