Informing the public about food hygiene ratings

10Promoting food hygiene ratings

(1)

The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, make provision about the promotion of a food business establishment’s food hygiene rating by—

(a)

an operator of the establishment;

(b)

a person acting on the operator's behalf.

(2)

The regulations may, for example, impose duties upon an operator in relation to—

(a)

publicising the rating electronically;

(b)

publicising the rating in material promoting the food provided by the establishment.

(3)

The regulations may also—

(a)

create an offence;

(b)

impose a penalty (including a fixed penalty);

(c)

make provision about enforcement;

(d)

make different provision for different types of establishment.

(4)

In this section, a reference to an establishment’s food hygiene rating includes a reference to a rating provided by virtue of section 12 (food hygiene re-ratings).