{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-northern-ireland-order-1991/article-16",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1991/762",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-northern-ireland-order-1991",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Enforcement of Community provisions",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may 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 the Department to be called for by any Community obligation.\n(2) As respects any directly applicable Community provision which relates to food, food sources or contact materials and for which, in the opinion of the Department, it is appropriate to provide under this Order, regulations may—\n(a) make such provision as the Department considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of securing that the Community provision is administered, executed and enforced under this Order; and\n(b) apply such of the provisions of this Order as may be specified in the regulations in relation to the Community provision with such modifications, if any, as may be so specified.\n(3) In paragraphs (1) and (2) references to food or food sources shall be construed in accordance with Article 15(5).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1999 c. 28"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1991/762/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:55.257191+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."
}