Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) (Butchers' Shops) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. No. 93 of 2000).

These Regulations which extend only to Scotland further amend the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 by introducing a requirement for the premises of butcher's shops to be licensed by food authorities. Regulation 2 amends regulation 3 of the general Regulations so that the provisions relating to the licensing of butchers' shops do not apply to those businesses to which the sectorial provisions listed in that regulation apply. Regulation 3 inserts the provisions set out in the Schedule as Schedule 1A which make provision for the licensing of butchers' shops. Paragraph 5 of that Schedule imposes licence conditions. Paragraph 6 provides that licences remain in force for periods of a year or until the proprietor ceases to be proprietor of the premises. Paragraph 7 has effect where a proprietor who holds a licence in respect of a butcher's shop applies for a further licence in respect to his shop up to 4 months before the expiry of his existing licence. Paragraph 9 provides for the suspension and revocation of licences and permits the premises of established butcher shops to continue to be used subject to conditions where a licence has been refused or revoked.