Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Food Hygiene Rating (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 and comes into operation on 7th October 2016.

In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Food Hygiene Rating Act (Northern Ireland) 2016;

• “existing rating” means a rating prepared by a district council pursuant to an inspection of a food business establishment as part of official controls under Regulation (EC) 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29^th April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and welfare rules^f1 undertaken prior to the commencement of the Act.