Food Hygiene Rating (Fee and Fixed Penalty Amount) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. No. 425 of 2016)

S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2016 No. 425 FOOD The Food Hygiene Rating (Fee and Fixed Penalty Amount) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 Laid before the Assembly in draft Made - - - - 8th December 2016 Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(1) The Department of Health(a), in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(7)(c) and paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Food Hygiene Rating Act (Northern Ireland) 2016(b), makes the following Order. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Hygiene Rating (Fee and Fixed Penalty Amount) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 and comes into operation forthwith. (2) In this Order “the Act” means the Food Hygiene Rating Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 Fee for re-rating 2. An application made to a district council for a review of a food business establishment’s food hygiene rating under section 4 of the Act must be accompanied by a fee of £150.00. Amount of fixed penalty 3. The fixed penalty in respect of an alleged offence under section 10(1) or (2) of the Act is £200.00. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 8th December 2016. Dr Anne Kilgallen A senior officer of the Department of Health (a) Formerly the Department of Health and Social services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6) (b) 2016 c.3 (N.I.) 2 £4.25 NI2016120812 12/2016 19585 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/425 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order prescribes the fee to be charged for a review of a food hygiene rating (a re-rating). This Order also prescribes the amount of fixed penalty payable under a fixed penalty notice served under section 10 (1) or (2) of the Food Hygiene Rating Act (Northern Ireland) 2016. © Crown copyright 2016 Printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office being the Government Printer for Northern Ireland and the Officer appointed to print Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly.