Article 2 Existing rating
A district council may treat an existing rating as the food hygiene rating for the purposes of section 1 of the Act.
Where a district council decides to treat an existing rating as the food hygiene rating in accordance with paragraph (1) it must notify the operator of that food business establishment within 14 days from the date of the decision to do so.
Prior to 7th October 2017 a district council must either—
notify a food business establishment under paragraph (2); or
prepare a food hygiene rating for that food business establishment under section 1 of the Act.
Where a district council has notified the operator of a food business under paragraph (2), the notification must be accompanied by—
a sticker in the format required by regulation 4 of the Food Hygiene Rating Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016f1, showing the rating; and
the explanations required by section 2(3)(d)–(g) of the Act.