The Food (Withdrawal of Recognition) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

Amendment of the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 and transitional provision

2.—(1) The Bread and Flour Regulations 1998(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) omit the definitions of “EEA Agreement” and “EEA State”;

(b) after the definition of “sell”, insert—

““third country” means any country, other than the United Kingdom, and includes—

(a)

the Bailiwick of Guernsey;

(b)

the Bailiwick of Jersey;

(c)

the Isle of Man.”

(3) In regulation 3 (exemptions)—

(a) omit paragraphs (2) and (3);

(b) in the appropriate place, insert—

“(4) These Regulations do not apply to the following bread or flour if the nature of that bread or flour is clearly indicated on the labelling—

(a) any bread produced in Wales that is to be exported to a third country;

(b) any flour produced in Wales that is—

(i) to be exported to a third country, or

(ii) for use in the production of food that is to be exported to a third country;

(c) any flour imported or moved into Wales that is for use in Wales for the production of food that is to be exported to a third country.”

(4) In regulation 4 (composition of flour)—

(a) in paragraph (4), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) no person shall import or move into Wales any flour, or sell any flour imported or moved into Wales by them, which does not comply with this regulation.”

(b) in paragraph (5), for “or importation into Great Britain” substitute “, importation or movement into Wales”.

(1)

S.I. 1998/141, amended by S.I. 2011/1043, 2012/1809, 2014/2303 (W. 227) and 2021/616. S.I 2021/616 applies in England only. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant to these Regulations.