The Food Hygiene (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1.  These Regulations amend the Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/31 (W.5), as already amended) (“the 2006 Regulations”) by updating the definitions of certain EU instruments that are referred to in those Regulations and providing that a reference to those EU instruments is to be a reference to them as any annex to them is amended from time to time.

2.  These Regulations amend the 2006 Regulations to update the definitions of certain EU instruments by—

(a) substituting definitions of certain EU instruments for the definitions of the EU instruments that currently appear after the definition of “premises” in paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) (regulation 2(2));

(b) adding a provision that any reference to an EU instrument defined in Schedule 1 is a reference to that instrument as any annex to it is amended from time to time (regulation 2(3)); and

(c) substituting a revised Schedule 1 (definitions of EU legislation) for the existing Schedule 1 (regulation 2(5)).

3.  In addition, these Regulations specify the form and size of the special health mark to be applied to meat derived from animals that have undergone emergency slaughter outside the slaughterhouse (regulation 2(4) and (6) and Schedule 2).

4.  The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 11th Floor, Southgate House, Cardiff, CF10 1EW.