# The Food Safety (Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) Regulations 1992, Regulation 7: Approval of dispatch centres and purification centres


(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations any person who intends to operate a dispatch centre or a purification centre on or after 15th January 1993 shall before doing so apply to the food authority in whose area the dispatch centre is situated for approval of that centre.
(2) An application pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be—
(a) made in writing, and
(b) accompanied by such supplementary information, documents, plans and diagrams as are necessary to enable the food authority to determine the application having regard to the matters specified in the relevant Parts of the Schedule to the Derogations Regulations.
(3) A person who has been granted a derogation by the Secretary of State in respect of a dispatch or purification centre may, when applying for approval of that centre, claim the benefit of that derogation in respect of any operations carried out during the period of that derogation subject to compliance with the conditions on which it was granted.
(4) No approval shall be granted for a dispatch centre or purification centre unless the food authority is satisfied—
(a) in respect of an application for a dispatch centre, that the conditions specified in Parts 1, 2 and 4 of the Schedule to the Derogations Regulations are satisfied, or
(b) in respect of an application for a purification centre, that the conditions specified in Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Schedule to the Derogations Regulations are satisfied and that any operating conditions are in accordance with a system approved by the Ministers pursuant to regulation 7(5),
having regard to the effect of any derogration claimed by the applicant.
(5) An approval for the purposes of this regulation may be granted subject to limitations as to the particular activities approved and the intensity of use, and, where the Ministers have notified the food authority that specified conditions for the operation of a purification centre relating to the matters mentioned in Section III of the Schedule to the Derogations Regulations should be complied with, the food authority shall give their approval subject to those conditions.
(6) The food authority shall give written notification to each person who makes an application in accordance with paragraph (1) of the result of the application and, in the case of a refusal, the reasons for that refusal.
(7) If such an application is approved the food authority shall—
(a) designate the dispatch centre or purification centre by a unique approval number,
(b) notify the Secretary of State of the approval and the approval number allocated, and
(c) in a case where paragraph (3) applies specify that the approval will expire on the date on which the derogation is due to expire.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3164/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-live-bivalve-molluscs-and-other-shellfish-regulations-1992/regulation-7
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