Regulation 4 Method of applying for a derogation
The proprietor of a food business which consists of or includes the operation of a dispatch centre or purification centre which was operating either on the 31st December 1991 or on the last working day immediately before that date, may apply to the Secretary of State, before 1st July 1992, for a derogation.
An application for the purposes of paragraph (1) shall—
be made in writing;
specify in respect of which centre and which of the relevant requirements a derogation is sought; and
be accompanied by a plan of the work intended by the proprietor together with a timetable indicating the period within which the proprietor intends the dispatch or purification centre to comply with the relevant requirement the subject of the application for a derogation.