11 Prohibition orders
Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c 16) | Legislation

11  Prohibition orders

(1)     If—

(a)     the proprietor of a food business is convicted of an offence under any regulations to which this section applies; and

(b)     the court by or before which he is so convicted is satisfied that the health risk condition is fulfilled with respect to that business,

the court shall by an order impose the appropriate prohibition.

(2)     The health risk condition is fulfilled with respect to any food business if any of the following involves risk of injury to health, namely—

(a)     the use for the purposes of the business of any process or treatment;

(b)     the construction of any premises used for the purposes of the business, or the use for those purposes of any equipment; and

(c)     the state or condition of any premises or equipment used for the purposes of the business.

[(2A)     In subsection (2) above and in sections 12(4) and 13(1) “injury” includes any impairment, whether permanent or temporary.]

(3)     The appropriate prohibition is—

(a)     in a case falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (2) above, a prohibition on the use of the process or treatment for the purposes of the business;

(b)

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