{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-standards-act-1999/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-standards-act-1999/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/28",
  "legislation_title": "Food Standards Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-standards-act-1999",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Statutory functions ceasing to be exercisable by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.",
  "text": "(1) The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under—\n(a) Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985;\n(b) the 1990 Act; and\n(c) the Radioactive Substances Act 1993,\nshall cease to be exercisable by that Minister.\n(2) The functions of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland under—\n(a) Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985; and\n(b) Part II of the 1991 Order (except Articles 8(7), 10(5) to (7), 11(5) to (10), 18(1), 22 and 25(2)(e) and Schedule 1),\nshall cease to be exercisable by that Department.\n(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not affect enforcement functions under directions or subordinate legislation under the enactments mentioned in those subsections (or any power under those enactments to confer such functions in directions or subordinate legislation).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1985 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1993 c. 12."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/28/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:47.601294+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."
}