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Regulation 2(1)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
1 Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, etc (OJ No. L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18). | |
Column 1 | Column 2 |
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Specified provision of the Delegated Regulation | Provision of the Delegated Regulation to be read with the specified provision of the Delegated Regulation |
Article 1(2) (placing on the market) | Article 1(1) |
Article 2(1) (compositional requirements for infant formula) | Articles 1(1) and 2(3), Annex 1 and Annex 3 |
Article 2(2) (compositional requirements for follow-on formula) | Articles 1(1) and 2(3), Annex 2 and Annex 3 |
Article 2(3) (preparation of infant and follow-on formula) | Articles 1(1), 2(1) and (2) |
Article 3(1) (suitability of ingredients for infant formula) | Articles 1(1) and 3(3) and paragraph 2 of Annex 1 |
Article 3(2) (suitability of ingredients for follow-on formula) | Articles 1(1) and 3(3) and paragraph 2 of Annex 2 |
Article 4(2) (active substance residue threshold) | Articles 1(1) and 4(1), (3) and (5) |
Article 4(3) (derogation from active substance residue threshold) | Articles 1(1) and 4(1), (2) and (5) |
Article 4(4) (requirements on pesticides) | Articles 1(1) and 4(1) and (5) |
Article 5(1) (name of food not manufactured entirely from cows' or goats' milk protein) | Article 1(1) and Part A of Annex 6 |
Article 5(2) (name of food manufactured entirely from cows' or goats' milk protein) | Article 1(1) and Part B of Annex 6 |
Article 6 (specific requirements on food information) | Articles 1(1) and 7(1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7) and (8) |
Article 7(1) (specific requirements on the nutrition declaration) | Articles 1(1) and 7(4), Annex 1 and Annex 2 |
Article 7(3) (repetition of information included in mandatory nutrition declaration) | Article 1(1) |
Article 7(4) (nutrition declaration mandatory regardless of size of packaging or container) | Articles 1(1) and 7(1), Annex 1 and Annex 2 |
Article 7(5) (application of Articles 31 to 35 of Regulation (EU) No. 1169/20111) | Articles 1(1) and 7(6), (7) and (8) |
Article 7(6) (expression of energy value and amounts of nutrients) | Articles 1(1) and 7(5) |
The first sub-paragraph of Article 7(7) (prohibition on expressing energy value and amount of nutrients as a percentage of reference intake) | Articles 1(1) and 7(5) |
Article 7(8) (presentation of particulars included in the nutrition declaration) | Article 1(1) |
Article 8 (prohibition on making nutrition and health claims on infant formula) | Article 1(1) |
Article 9(1) (“lactose only” statement) | Article 1(1) |
The first sub-paragraph of Article 9(2) (“lactose free” statement) | Article 1(1) |
The second sub-paragraph of Article 9(2) (statement that “lactose free” infant formula and follow-on formula is not suitable for infants with galactosaemia) | Article 1(1) |
Article 9(3) (prohibition on references to docosahexaenoic acid where infant formula placed on the market on or after 22 February 2025) | Article 1(1) |
Article 10(1) (restriction on advertising for infant formula) | Article 1(1) |
Article 10(2) (prohibition of promotional devices to induce sales of infant formula) | Article 1(1) |
Article 10(3) (prohibition of provision of free or low-priced products, samples or other promotional gifts to the general public, pregnant women, mothers or members of their families) | Article 1(1) |
Article 10(4) (requirements for donations or low-priced sales of supplies of infant formula to institutions or organisations) | Article 1(1) |
Article 11(2) (requirements on information relating to infant and young child feeding) | Article 1(1) |
Article 11(3) (requirements on donations of informational or educational equipment or materials) | |
Article 12 (notification requirements) | Article 1(1) |
Regulation 4
1. Section 10 of the Act (improvement notices) applies as if, for subsection (1), there were substituted—E+W
“(1) If an authorised officer of an enforcement authority has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is failing to comply with a specified EU law requirement, the authorised officer may, by a notice served on that person (in this Act referred to as an “improvement notice”)—
(a)state the officer's grounds for believing that the person is failing to comply or, as the case may be, that the food does not comply with the specified EU law requirement;
(b)specify the matters which constitute the failure to comply;
(c)specify the measures which, in the officer's opinion, the person must take in order to secure compliance; and
(d)require the person to take those measures, or such measures that are at least equivalent to them, within such period as may be specified in the notice.”
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
2. Section 32 of the Act M1 (powers of entry) applies as if—E+W
(a)in subsection (1) for paragraphs (a) to (c) there were substituted—
“(a)to enter any premises within the authority's area for the purpose of ascertaining whether there has been any contravention of a specified EU law requirement;
(b)to enter any business premises, whether within or outside the authority's area, for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is on the premises any evidence of any contravention of a specified EU law requirement; and
(c)when exercising a power of entry under this section, to exercise the associated powers in subsections (5) and (6) relating to records;”;
(b)subsection (9) were omitted.
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
Marginal Citations
M1Section 32(5) and (6) was amended by section 70 of, and paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 to, the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16).
3. Section 35 of the Act (punishment of offences) applies as if, before subsection (2), there were inserted—E+W
“(1B) A person guilty of an offence under section 10(2), as applied by regulation 4(1) of the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Wales) Regulations 2020, is liable on summary conviction, to a fine.”
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
4. Section 37 of the Act (appeals to magistrates' court or sheriff) applies as if—E+W
(a)for the heading there were substituted “ Appeals ”;
(b)for subsection (1) there were substituted—
“(1) Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of an authorised officer of an enforcement authority to serve an improvement notice under section 10(1), as applied and modified by regulation 4(1) of, and Part 1 of Schedule 2 to, the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Wales) Regulations 2020 may appeal to the magistrates' court.”;
(c)subsection (2) were omitted;
(d)for subsection (5) there were substituted—
“(5) The period within which such an appeal as is mentioned in subsection (1) above may be brought must be—whichever ends the earlier—
(a)one month from the date on which notice of the decision was served on the person desiring to appeal; or
(b)the period specified in the improvement notice
and in the case of such an appeal, the making of the complaint shall be deemed for the purposes of this subsection to be the bringing of the appeal.”
(e)in subsection (6)—
(i)for “ subsection (3) or (4)” there were substituted “ subsection (1) ”; and
(ii)in paragraph (a), “or to the sheriff” were omitted.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
5. Section 39 of the Act (appeals against improvement notices) applies as if in subsection (3), “for want of prosecution” were omitted.E+W
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
6. Section 3 of the 1990 Act (presumptions that food intended for human consumption) applies as if, in subsection (1), for “this Act” there were substituted “ the 2020 Regulations ”.E+W
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
7. Section 20 of the Act (offences due to fault of another person) applies as if, for “any of the preceding provisions of this Part”, there were substituted “ the 2020 Regulations ”.E+W
Commencement Information
I8Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
8. Section 21 of the Act (defence of due diligence) applies as if, in subsection (1), for “any of the preceding provisions of this Part”, there were substituted “ the 2020 Regulations ”.E+W
Commencement Information
I9Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
9. Section 22 of the Act (defence of publication in the course of business) applies as if, for “any of the preceding provisions of this Part”, there were substituted “ the 2020 Regulations ”.E+W
Commencement Information
I10Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
10. Section 29 of the Act (procurement of samples) applies as if, in paragraph (b)(ii), after “under section 32 below”, there were inserted “ including under section 32 as applied and modified by regulation 4(2) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 2 to, the 2020 Regulations ”.E+W
Commencement Information
I11Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
11. Section 30 of the Act (analysis etc. of samples) applies as if—E+W
(a)in subsection (1), after “under section 29 above”, there were inserted “ including under section 29 as applied and modified by regulation 4(6) of, and Part 6 of Schedule 2 to, the 2020 Regulations ”; and
(b)in subsection (8), for “this Act” there were substituted “ the 2020 Regulations ”.
Commencement Information
I12Sch. 2 para. 11 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
12. Section 33 of the Act (obstruction etc. of officers) applies as if, in subsection (1), for “this Act” (in each place where it occurs) there were substituted “ the 2020 Regulations ”.E+W
Commencement Information
I13Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
13. Section 36 of the Act (offences by bodies corporate) applies as if, in subsection (1), for “this Act” there were substituted “ the 2020 Regulations ”.E+W
Commencement Information
I14Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
14. Section 36A of the Act M2 (offences by Scottish partnerships) applies as if, for “this Act”, there were substituted “ the 2020 Regulations ”.E+W
Commencement Information
I15Sch. 2 para. 14 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
Marginal Citations
M2Section 36A was inserted by section 40(1) of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 to, the 1999 Act.
15. Section 44 of the Act (protection of officers acting in good faith) applies as if, for “this Act”, in each place where those words appear, there were substituted “ the 2020 Regulations ”.E+W
Commencement Information
I16Sch. 2 para. 15 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
16. Section 53 (general interpretation) applies as if—E+W
(a)after the definition of “the 1956 Act” there were inserted—
““the 2020 Regulations” means the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Wales) Regulations 2020;”;
(b)after the definition of “slaughterhouse” there were inserted—
““specified EU law requirement” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2020 Regulations;”.
Commencement Information
I17Sch. 2 para. 16 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
Regulation 5(1)
Commencement Information
I18Sch. 3 in force at 22.2.2020 for specified purposes and at 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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Instrument | Reference | Extent of revocation |
Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Wales) Regulations 2007 | S.I. 2007/3573 (W. 316) | The whole of the Regulations, except regulation 30 |
Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 | S.I. 2008/2602 (W. 228) | Regulation 2 |
Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 | S.I. 2014/123 (W. 13) | The whole of the Regulations |
Transfer of Functions (Food) (Wales) Regulations 2014 | S.I. 2014/1102 (W. 110) | Regulation 5 |
Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2016 | S.I. 2016/639 (W. 175) | Schedule 3, paragraph 4 |
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