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8B Applications for exemption

• (1) Subject to section 8C of this Act, any person may apply to the Director-General or the relevant territorial authority for an exemption from the provisions of the Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 in respect of any premises of the applicant, or any vehicle of the applicant, or both.

  (2) Every application for an exemption shall—

  • (a) Be made in writing; and

  • (b) Be in the form provided or approved by the Director-General or, as the case requires, the territorial authority for that purpose; and

  • (c) Be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

  (3) For the purposes of this section, the relevant territorial authority, in relation to an application made under this section, is,—

  • (a) Where the application relates to any premises, the territorial authority that, under this Part of this Act, has the function of granting exemptions in respect of the district in which those premises are situated:

  • (b) Where the application relates to a vehicle, any territorial authority that, under this Part of this Act, has the function of granting exemptions in respect of a district in which that vehicle operates.

  Part 1A, comprising sections 8A to 8ZZG, was inserted, as from 1 July 1997, by section 3 Food Amendment Act (No 2) 1996 (1996 No 97).