{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-act-1990/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-act-1990/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/16",
  "legislation_title": "Food Safety Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-act-1990",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Enforcement of EU provisions.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make such provision with respect to food, food sources or contact materials, including in particular provision for prohibiting or regulating the carrying out of commercial operations with respect to food, food sources or contact materials, as appears to him to be called for by any EU obligation.\n(2) As respects any directly applicable EU provision which relates to food, food sources or contact materials and for which, in his opinion, it is appropriate to provide under this Act, the Secretary of State may by regulations—\n(a) make such provision as he considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of securing that the EU provision is administered, executed and enforced under this Act; and\n(b) apply such of the provisions of this Act as may be specified in the regulations in relation to the EU provision with such modifications, if any, as may be so specified.\n(3) In subsections (1) and (2) above references to food or food sources shall be construed in accordance with section 16(5) above.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 17(1)(2) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 8 (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 17(1)(2) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 12 (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3, 6 (with art. 3(2)(3)4(2)6(4)(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/16/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:43:14.422556+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}