Food and Drugs Act 1955
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to consolidate the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, the Food and Drugs (Milk, Dairies and Artificial Cream) Act, 1950, and the Food and Drugs Amendment Act, 1954, together with certain other enactments amending and supplementing Part V of the said Act of 1938 in relation to slaughterhouses and knackers' yards. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 16 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 November 1955 |
| Commencement | 22 November 1955[c] |
| Repealed | 26 September 1984 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repealed by | Food Act 1984 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Food and Drugs Act 1955 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 16) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to food and drugs in England and Wales, including provisions in relation to slaughterhouses and knackers' yards.
Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 136(1) of the act repealed 13 enactments, listed in the eleventh schedule to the act.[1]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 56 | Food and Drugs Act 1938 | The whole act. |
| S.R. & O. 1946 No. 1757 | Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State and Minister of Health) Order 1946 | In Article 3, paragraphs (8) and (9); in the Schedule, the entry relating to section fifty-six of the Food and Drugs Act 1938. |
| 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 81 | National Health Service Act 1946 | In Part I of the Tenth Schedule, the entry relating to the Food and Drugs Act 1938. |
| S.I. 1948 No. 107 | Transfer of Functions (Food and Drugs) Order 1948 | The whole order. |
| S.I. 1948 No. 865 | Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State and Minister of Health) Order 1948 | In rule 2, paragraphs (a) and (b). |
| 14 Geo. 6. c. 35 | Food and Drugs (Milk, Dairies and Artificial Cream) Act 1950 | The whole act. |
| S.I. 1951 No. 753 | Transfer of Functions (Minister of Health and Minister of Local Government and Planning) (No. 2) Order 1951 | In the Schedule, the entry relating to the Food and Drugs Act 1938. |
| S.I. 1952 No. 2033 | Transfer of Functions (Slaughterhouses and Knackers' Yards) Order 1952 | In Article 2, in paragraph (1), sub-paragraphs (b) to (f); and Article 4. |
| S.I. 1954 No. 141 | Transfer of Functions (Markets) Order 1954 | In Article 2, in paragraph (1), sub-paragraph (a), sub-paragraph (b) so far as it relates to the confirmation of byelaws under section fifty-six of the Food and Drugs Act 1938, and sub-paragraphs (c) and (d). |
| 2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 42 | Slaughterhouses Act 1954 | Part I, except subsection (5) of section three. |
| 2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 59 | Slaughter of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 | In section nineteen, paragraphs (a) and (c). In section twenty, subsection (2). In section one, subsections (1) to (3). In subsection (2) of section nine, the words "and except so far as it amends the Food and Drugs Act 1938". In Part I of the Second Schedule, the entry relating to the Food and Drugs Act 1938. |
| 2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 67 | Food and Drugs Amendment Act 1954 | The whole act. |
| S.I. 1955 No. 959 | Transfer of Functions (Food and Drugs) Order 1955 | The whole order, except so far as it relates to functions under the Welfare Foods (Great Britain) Order, 1954. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 134 of, and the ninth schedule to, the Food Act 1984 (c. 30), which came into force on 26 September 1984.
Notes
References
- ^ "Food and Drugs Act 1955", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/4-5 c. 16
External links
- Text of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.