# The Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, Article 21: Interpretation (Articles 22 to 26)


(1) In Articles 22 to 26—
“closure order” means an order made under Article 22(1);
“emergency order” means an order made under Article 23(1);
“food” and “food business” have the meanings assigned to them by the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1964;
“food hygiene regulations” means regulations made under Article 15;
“interested person” has the meaning given in Article 24(2);
“owner” means, in relation to premises which are not a stall or vehicle, any person who receives or is entitled to receive, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for another, a rack rent, or who, if the premises were let at a rack rent, would so receive or be entitled to receive that rent;
“premises” includes any stall, vehicle or place to which food hygiene regulations apply.
(2) In paragraph (1), in the definition of “owner”, “rack rent” means a rent which is not less than two-thirds of the net annual value shown in the valuation list for the purposes of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/846/article/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-21
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