109Meaning of standard food outlet

109 Meaning of standard food outlet (1) Premises where standard food items are sold by a food business is a standard food outlet if— (a) the food business sells standard food items at other premises or while operating in a chain of food businesses that sell standard food items; and (b) at least 1 of the standard food items sold at the premises has been standardised for portion and content so as to be substantially the same as standard food items of that kind sold at the other premises or by the other food businesses in the chain.

(2) For this section, a food business is operating in a chain of food businesses that sell standard food items if— (a) it is operating as 1 of a group of food businesses that sell standard food items under franchise arrangements with a parent business or under common ownership or control; or (b) it sells standard food items under the same trading name as a group of other food businesses that sell standard food items.