Food and Drugs Act 1955

Food and Drugs Act 1955 ^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Repealed	26 September 1984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Amends	See § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	Theft Act 1968
Repealed by	Food Act 1984
Relates to	Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted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.

The Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 30) made similar provisions for Scotland. ^[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 136(1) of the act repealed 13 enactments, listed in the eleventh schedule to the act. ^[2]

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, which came into force on 26 September 1984. ^[3]

Notes

1. Section 137(1).
2. Section 137(4) and (5).
3. Section 137(2).

References

1. "Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, Eliz2/4-5 c. 30
2. "Food and Drugs Act 1955", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, Eliz2/4-5 c. 16
3. "Food Act 1984", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 1984 c. 30

External links

• Text of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk .