EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order made by the Welsh Ministers brings into force specified provisions of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (“the Act”).

Article 2 brings certain provisions of the Act relating to the national strategy on preventing obesity and reducing obesity levels in Wales into force on 4 October 2017.

Article 2 also brings certain provisions of the Act relating to fixed penalty receipts for food hygiene rating offences under the Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Act 2013 into force on 4 October 2017.

Article 3 brings certain provisions of the Act relating to the intimate piercing of children into force on 1 January 2018.