Environmental Public Health (Assistance Dog — Exemption) Regulations 2026 · reg 3

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—(1) The licensee of any licensed premises is exempt from regulation 29(1)(a) of the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations (Rg 16) in respect of an assistance dog accompanying a specified individual that is brought into the dining or refreshment area, or any toilet, of the licensee’s licensed premises.(2) The exemption in paragraph (1) is subject to the following conditions:(a)if the licensee is directed under regulation 29(2) of the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations to cause to be displayed notices in accordance with that regulation — each of those notices must also state that assistance dogs are permitted within the licensed premises;(b)the assistance dog must be leashed;(c)the licensee must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the assistance dog is not fed within the licensed premises.(3) If any condition specified in paragraph (2) is not complied with, the exemption in paragraph (1) ceases to apply with immediate effect.
The licensee of any licensed premises is exempt from regulation 29(1)(a) of the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations (Rg 16) in respect of an assistance dog accompanying a specified individual that is brought into the dining or refreshment area, or any toilet, of the licensee’s licensed premises.
The exemption in paragraph (1) is subject to the following conditions:(a)if the licensee is directed under regulation 29(2) of the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations to cause to be displayed notices in accordance with that regulation — each of those notices must also state that assistance dogs are permitted within the licensed premises;(b)the assistance dog must be leashed;(c)the licensee must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the assistance dog is not fed within the licensed premises.
If any condition specified in paragraph (2) is not complied with, the exemption in paragraph (1) ceases to apply with immediate effect.

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reg 3Exemption for licensee permitting assistance dog to be brought into licensed premises

(1)

The licensee of any licensed premises is exempt from regulation 29(1)(a) of the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations (Rg 16) in respect of an assistance dog accompanying a specified individual that is brought into the dining or refreshment area, or any toilet, of the licensee’s licensed premises.

(2)

The exemption in paragraph (1) is subject to the following conditions:

(a)

if the licensee is directed under regulation 29(2) of the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations to cause to be displayed notices in accordance with that regulation — each of those notices must also state that assistance dogs are permitted within the licensed premises;

(b)

the assistance dog must be leashed;

(c)

the licensee must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the assistance dog is not fed within the licensed premises.

(3)

If any condition specified in paragraph (2) is not complied with, the exemption in paragraph (1) ceases to apply with immediate effect.

Subregulation 1

Subregulation 2

The exemption in paragraph (1) is subject to the following conditions:

(a)

(b)

the assistance dog must be leashed;

(c)

the licensee must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the assistance dog is not fed within the licensed premises.

Subregulation 3

If any condition specified in paragraph (2) is not complied with, the exemption in paragraph (1) ceases to apply with immediate effect.