Report and sunset provision

Duration of minimum pricing provisions
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The minimum pricing provisions are repealed with effect from the expiry of the 6 year period, unless regulations providing otherwise are made under subsection (2).
2
Regulations may, after the end of the 5 year period but before the end of the 6 year period, provide that the minimum pricing provisions are not repealed, despite subsection (1).
3
Regulations may make such provision (including provision modifying any enactment) as may be necessary or expedient in consequence of the repeal, by virtue of subsection (1), of the minimum pricing provisions.
4
In this section—
- “minimum pricing provisions” (“darpariaethau'r isafbris”) means—
  1. this Act (other than subsection (3) and this subsection, and for the purposes of making regulations under subsection (3), sections 26(1), (2) and 27), and
  2. paragraph 2A of Schedule 4 to the 2003 Act;
- “modifying” (“addasu”), in relation to an enactment, includes amendment, repeal and revocation;
- “the 5 year period” (“y cyfnod 5 mlynedd”) means the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which section 2 comes into force;
- “the 6 year period” (“y cyfnod 6 mlynedd”) means the period of 6 years beginning with the day on which section 2 comes into force.
S. 22 in force at 2.3.2020 by S.I. 2020/175, reg. 2(b)