Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Food Establishments, Markets and Hawkers
32. Food establishments to be licensed
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A person must not operate or use or knowingly permit a food establishment to be used for any of the purposes specified in the First Schedule without first obtaining a licence from the Director‑General, Food Administration.
food establishment
“food establishment” means any place or any premises or part thereof used for the sale, or for the preparation or manufacture for sale, or for the storage or packing for sale, of food, whether cooked or not, intended for human consumption;
Upon any conviction for contravening subsection (1), the Director‑General, Food Administration may, by written order addressed to the convicted person, require that the place or premises or any part of the place or premises where the offence took place must no longer be operated or used as a food establishment as from such date as the Director‑General, Food Administration must specify in the order.
premises
“premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for any other purpose whatsoever;
Where the convicted person fails to comply with any order under subsection (2), the Director‑General, Food Administration —
Director-General, Food Administration
“Director-General, Food Administration” means the Director‑General, Food Administration appointed under section 3(1) of the Sale of Food Act 1973;
may take any steps or measures that are necessary to ensure that the order is complied with; and
is entitled to recover from that person the costs and expenses incurred by the Director‑General, Food Administration in doing so.