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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-improvement-of-enforcement-procedures-food-safety-act-1990-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1683",
  "legislation_title": "The Deregulation (Improvement of Enforcement Procedures) (Food Safety Act 1990) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-improvement-of-enforcement-procedures-food-safety-act-1990-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order, which extends to Great Britain, exercises powers in the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 to improve enforcement procedures under the Food Safety Act 1990.\nBefore an authorised officer of an enforcement authority serves an improvement notice on the proprietor of a food business under section 10 of that Act–\n(a) the officer must give the proprietor a written notice stating that the officer is considering serving an improvement notice, the reasons for this and that the proprietor has the right to make representations; and\n(b) any representations made and not withdrawn must be considered (article 3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1683/note",
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  },
  "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."
}