(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
bakers' smallgoods includes meat pies, meat pasties, meat savouries, and similar food containing meat
delicatessen means any premises used for the retail sale of cooked meat, cooked pastry containing meat, meat pies, meat pasties, meat savouries, cooked poultry, cooked fish, smoked fish, fish pasties, fish savouries, or similar cooked food, but does not include any butcher's shop where the only kinds of cooked meat sold are luncheon sausage, saveloys, and similar cooked sausages enclosed in skins or casings
designated officer, in a provision of these regulations,—
Director-General means the chief executive of the department of State that, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is responsible for the administration of the Food Act 1981
food premises means—
(a) any premises—
(i) on or at which food is manufactured, prepared, packed, stored, or handled, for sale; or
frozen confection means a frozen product prepared from sugars or honey and other foods, but does not include ice cream
inspector means a person who is—
liquor has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Sale of Liquor Act 1989
milk includes any liquid form of milk from a milking animal, but does not include—
occasional food premises means food premises that are used only for—
(a) the sale of fruit, eggs, poultry, and vegetables, that are produced either on the land on which those premises stand or on land adjacent to the land on which those premises stand; or
occupier means—
(b) in relation to food premises (other than a movable stall, or a part of a ship or aircraft) that are not registered premises within the meaning of these regulations, but are registered or licensed under any other enactment, the person in whose name the premises are so registered or licensed:
on, in relation to any premises, includes in those premises
partially exempted premises means food premises that are part of—
(a) a hospital, boardinghouse, residential home, or educational or charitable institution, in which food is sold only to persons who live, study, or work in, or attend that establishment, or to visitors of any of those persons; or
(b) a hospital or charitable institution from which food is sold otherwise than for profit to persons who are not living, studying, or working in, or attending that establishment; or
perishable food means food that is of such a type or is in such a condition that it may spoil
premises—
(b) where it appears in any other provision in these regulations, means any room or place, or any part of a ship, aircraft, or train
readily perishable food means food for sale that consists wholly or partly of milk, milk products, eggs, meat, poultry, fish, or shellfish, or ingredients that are capable of supporting the progressive growth of microbiological organisms that can cause food poisoning or other food-borne illness
sealed containers includes all forms of containers that are hermetically sealed, sealed jars with anchor and crown type closures, milk bottles sealed with aluminium caps, glass jars and bottles with screw caps, and cans and similar containers with or without hermetic seals
single service article means any appliance, container, implement, utensil, or wrapper, that is intended for use only once in the preparation, storage, display, consumption, or sale of food
stall includes any movable stand, mobile shop, road vehicle, fishing vessel, or similar structure, vehicle, or vessel, on or at or from which food is sold
wine has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Sale of Liquor Act 1962
worker means, in relation to food premises,—
(3) Where a room or place is used in the course of trade or business for more than 1 purpose, or is used as an auction mart, and the only part of that room or place used for the manufacture, preparation, packing, storage, or handling of food—
only that part of the room or place shall be deemed for the purposes of these regulations to be food premises.
(4) No 2 or more rooms or places shall be deemed to be separate food premises for the purposes of these regulations by reason only of the fact that any operation of manufacturing, preparing, packing, storing, handling, or selling food is carried out in one room or place while any other of those operations is or are carried out in another room or place or other rooms or places.
(5) For the purposes of these regulations, and without limiting the meaning of the expression for sale, food shall be deemed to be for sale if, having been ordered, purchased, or sold, it is held for delivery to the purchaser or is in the process of delivery to the purchaser by the vendor or by any employee or agent of the vendor.