# The Food Safety Act 1990 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1990, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st December 1990 the following provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990: sections 1 to 6, 16 to 19, 25, 26, 27(2) and (5), 28(2), 30(9), 31, 40, 45, 48, 49(2), 53, 57(1) and 59(2) and (3) and Schedules 1 and 4.
With certain exceptions it brings into force all other sections and Schedules on 1st January 1991. The exceptions are–
(a) section 54,
(b) section 59(4) (in so far as it relates to the repeal of sections 16 to 20, Part IV, and sections 92 and 93 (in so far as those sections relate to sections 16 and 18) of the Food Act 1984) and the parts of Schedule 5 relating to those provisions, and
(c) sections already in force.
There are special provisions relating to regulations dealing with public analysts and also the Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations 1990. The Order brings Section 54 into force on 1st April 1992.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2372/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-act-1990-commencement-no-2-order-1990/note
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