Title, commencement, application and interpretation1
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The title of these Regulations is the Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Regulations 2013.
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Except as provided in paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force at 00:01 hours on 28 November 2013.
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Regulation 8 comes into force on 28 November 2014.
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These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
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In these Regulations—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Act 2013;
“establishment” (“sefydliad”) means a food business establishment;
“the highest rating” (“y sg�r uchaf”) means a rating of “5 - Very Good”;
“including” (“gan gynnwys”) and “includes” (“yn cynnwys”) are to be construed without limitation;
“inspection report” (“adroddiad arolygu”)means a written report giving details of matters found by an authorised officer when carrying out a food hygiene rating inspection of an establishment in order to assess its food hygiene standards in accordance with section 3(1) of the Act;
“rating” (“sg�r”) means a food hygiene rating given under the Act but not a non-statutory rating as defined in regulation 2(4);
“rating breakdown” (“dadansoddiad sg�r”) in relation to a food business establishment means a breakdown of the rating given to that establishment into its component scores for each of the rating criteria; and
“sticker” (“sticer”) means a food hygiene rating sticker.