Paragraph 9 Free standing conditions

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 para. 1(f)(i) words inserted by Food Irradiation Provisions 2000 reg. 9(a)
Sch. 1 para. 1(ff) inserted by Food Irradiation Provisions 2000 reg. 9(b)
Sch. 1 para. 1(gg) inserted by Food Irradiation Provisions 2000 reg. 9(c)
Sch. 1 Pt. 4 heading words substituted by Food Irradiation Provisions 2000 reg. 13
Sch. 1 Pt. 4 heading words substituted by Food Irradiation Provisions 2001 reg. 13(i)

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the licence shall prohibit the licensee from subjecting to treatment by ionising radiation any food which, or any part of which, has previously been treated by ionising radiation.

(2)

The licence shall specify that the removal of food from and return of the food to the facility where subjection to that treatment takes place shall, where that removal and return form part of a continuous process required by the design and construction of that facility, not be treated as a subjection required to be prohibited by sub-paragraph (1) above.