Regulation 19 Enforcement and execution

(1)

Each food authority shall enforce and execute these Regulations within its area.

(2)

In executing and enforcing these Regulations, a food authority shall—

(a)

ensure that food premises are inspected with a frequency which has regard to the risk associated with those premises; and

(b)

without prejudice to regulation 12, give due consideration to whether the proprietor of a food business has acted in accordance with any relevant guide to good hygiene practice which has been—

(i)

forwarded by the Secretary of State to the Commission pursuant to article 5.5 of the Directive, unless the Secretary of State has announced that it no longer complies with article 3 of the Directive, or

(ii)

developed in accordance with article 5.6 and 7 of the Directive and published in accordance with article 5.8 of the Directive.