# The Food (Control of Irradiation) Regulations 1990, Paragraph 2


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the licensing authority shall not in pursuance of paragraph 1 above agree any variation which permits any act or omission a proposal for which would, had it been made in the initial licence application, have caused the licensing authority to refuse to grant the licence.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above the licensing authority, in considering whether or not to agree such a variation, shall treat all scientific knowledge which it has at the time of that consideration as if it were scientific knowledge which it had at the time when it considered the initial licence application.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2490/schedule/1/part/III/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-control-of-irradiation-regulations-1990/schedule-1/part-III/paragraph-2
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