Title, commencement, application and interpretation1

1

The title of these Regulations is the Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Regulations 2013.

2

Except as provided in paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force at 00:01 hours on 28 November 2013.

3

Regulation 8 comes into force on 28 November 2014.

4

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

5

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.