Welsh Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 1102 (W. 110)

Food, Wales

The Transfer of Functions (Food) (Wales) Regulations 2014

Made

25 April 2014

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

29 April 2014

Coming into force

23 May 2014

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1)(e) and (f), 17(1) and (2), 26(1)(a) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990(1).

In accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act, the Welsh Ministers have had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency.

Title, commencement and application E+W

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Transfer of Functions (Food) (Wales) Regulations 2014.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 23 May 2014 and apply in relation to Wales.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 23.5.2014, see reg. 1(2)

Amendment of the Medical Food (Wales) Regulations 2000 E+W

F1 2.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 2 revoked (22.2.2020) by The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/92), reg. 1(2), Sch. (with reg. 9(2))

Amendment of the Notification of Marketing of Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Wales) Regulations 2007 E+W

F2 3.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Reg. 3 revoked (2.8.2016) by The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/639), regs. 1(3), 5(d)

Amendment of the Nutrition and Health Claims (Wales) Regulations 2007 E+W

4.  In regulation 3 (competent authorities) of the Nutrition and Health Claims (Wales) Regulations 2007(2), in sub-paragraph (a), for “the Food Standards Agency” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 4 in force at 23.5.2014, see reg. 1(2)

Amendment of the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Wales) Regulations 2007 E+W

F3 5.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3 Reg. 5 revoked (22.2.2020 for all purposes except in respect of infant formula and follow-on formula manufactured from protein hydrolysates, 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force) by The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/89), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 (with reg. 5(2)(3))

Mark Drakeford

Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers

25 April 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply to Wales, amend the Medical Food (Wales) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1866 (W.125)), the Notification of Marketing of Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1040 (W.100)), the Nutrition and Health Claims (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2611 (W.222)), and the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3573 (W.316)), by transferring nutrition functions under each set of regulations from the Food Standards Agency to the Welsh Ministers.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.

(1)

1990 c.16, as amended. Functions of “the Ministers” so far as exercisable in relation to Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) as read with section 40(3) of the Food Standards Act 1999 (1999 c.28), and subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (2006 c.32).

(2)

S.I. 2007/2611 (W.222), as amended.