# Food Standards Act 1999, Paragraph 29


In Article 2(2) (interpretation)—
(a) in the definition of “authorised officer”—
(i) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(bb) in the case of functions conferred on the Food Standards Agency, a person who is generally or is specially authorised in writing by the Food Standards Agency for the purposes of this Order;”; and
(ii) in paragraph (c), for the words “the Department concerned” in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words “ the Department, the Department of Agriculture or the Food Standards Agency ”;
(b) in the definitions of “order” and “regulations” for the words “the Department concerned” there shall be substituted the words “ the Department ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/28/schedule/5/paragraph/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-standards-act-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-29
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