Introduction

1.These Explanatory Notes are for the Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018 which was passed by the National Assembly for Wales on 19 June 2018 and received Royal Assent on 9 August 2018.

2.They have been prepared by the Welsh Government’s Department for Health and Social Services in order to assist the reader of the Act.

3.The Explanatory Notes should be read in conjunction with the Act but are not part of it. They are not meant to be a comprehensive description of the Act. Where a provision of the Act does not seem to require any explanation or comment, none is given.