Updated Topics: December 2008

New and Updated Legislation Topics

The following topics within the Legislation Guidance section of the site have been updated.

Food Safety and Hygiene: scores on doors

• The Food Safety and Hygiene section has been updated to include information on progress on the “Scores on Doors” scheme, which will indicate the level of a business’s compliance with food safety and hygiene legislation, and which is likely to be introduced before the end of 2009.

See Scores on Doors in the Food Safety and Hygiene section for more details.

Planning and Building: change of use

• The Planning and Building section has been updated to highlight the "six-bed rule" operated by some local authorities with regard to planning permission change of use consent.

See Planning permission change of use consent in the Planning and Building section for more details.