(1) A territorial authority may specify in any exemption granted by it under section 8N that the exemption is to have effect indefinitely or for a stated period.
(2) Every exemption granted under section 8N—
(a) shall come into force on the date of its issue; and
(b) shall continue in force until,—
(i) it is revoked pursuant to section 8S; or
(ii) in the case of an exemption granted for a stated period, the expiry of that period; or
(iii) it is surrendered pursuant to section 8T.
Section 8R: inserted, on 1 July 1997, by section 3 of the Food Amendment Act (No 2) 1996 (1996 No 97).