The Nutrition and Health Claims (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

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

2.—(1) The Nutrition and Health Claims (Wales) Regulations 2007(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the appropriate place insert—

““specified provision of the Regulation” (“darpariaeth benodedig o’r Rheoliad”) means—

(a)

Article 3 (general requirements relating to all claims);

(b)

Article 4(3) (restrictions on claims that may be made on alcoholic beverages);

(c)

Article 6(2) (requirement for use of claims to be justified);

(d)

Article 7 (requirements for nutrition information);

(e)

Article 8(1) (requirements for nutrition claims);

(f)

Article 9 (requirements for comparative claims);

(g)

Article 10(1), (2) and (3) (requirements for health claims);

(h)

Article 12 (prohibition of certain health claims);

(i)

Article 14(2) (requirements for reduction of disease risk claims).”

(3) In regulation 5 (offences and penalties)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) omit “(1)” so that the existing text becomes regulation 5;

(ii) for “the provisions of the Regulation specified in paragraph (2)”, substitute “a specified provision of the Regulation”;

(b) omit paragraph (2).

(4) In regulation 6 (application of various provisions of the Act)—

(a) after paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba) section 10(1) and (2) (improvement notices) with the modifications specified in Part 1 of the Schedule;”;

(b) after paragraph (f) insert—

“(fa) section 32(1) to (8) (powers of entry) with the modifications specified in Part 2 of the Schedule;

(fb) section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers);”;

(c) after paragraph (g) insert—

“(ga) section 35 (punishment of offences) with the modification specified in Part 3 of the Schedule;”;

(d) after paragraph (i) omit “and” and insert—

“(ia) section 37(1), (3), (5) and (6) (appeals to magistrates’ court) with the modifications specified in Part 4 of the Schedule;

(ib) section 39 (appeals against improvement notices) with the modification specified in Part 5 of the Schedule;”.

(5) Omit regulation 7 (obstruction of officers and provision of information etc).

(6) After the signature and date, insert the following Schedule—

Regulation 6

“SCHEDULE Modification of provisions of the Act

PART 1 Modification of section 10 of the Act (improvement notices)

1.   Section 10(1) is to be read as if there were substituted—

“(1) If an authorised officer of an enforcement authority has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is failing to comply with a specified provision of the Regulation, 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 with a specified provision of the Regulation;

(b) specify the matters which constitute the person’s failure so to comply;

(c) specify the measures which, in the officer’s opinion, the person must take in order to secure compliance;

(d) require the person to take those measures, or measures which are at least equivalent to them, within such period (not being less than 14 days) as may be specified in the notice.”

PART 2 Modification of section 32 of the Act (powers of entry)

2.   Section 32(1) is to be read as if, 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 is or has been any contravention of a specified provision of the Regulation;

(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 within that area of a specified provision of the Regulation;”.

PART 3 Modification of section 35 of the Act (punishment of offences)

3.   Section 35 is to be read as if, after subsection (1A), there were inserted—

“(1B) A person guilty of an offence under section 10(2) shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine.”

PART 4 Modification of section 37 of the Act (appeals to magistrates’ court)

4.   The heading to section 37 is to be read as if “or sheriff” were omitted.

5.   Subsection (1) is to be read as if there were substituted—

“(1) Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of an unauthorised officer of an enforcement authority to serve an improvement notice may appeal to the magistrates’ court.”.

6.   Subsection (5) is to be read as if there were substituted—

“(5) An appeal as is mentioned in subsection (3) above must be made within the earlier of—

(a) the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the improvement notice 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 as is mentioned in subsection (3) above, the making of the complaint shall be deemed for the purpose of this subsection to be the bringing of the appeal.”.

7.   Subsection (6) is to be read as if—

(a) “or (4)” were omitted, and

(b) in paragraph (a), “or to the sheriff” were omitted.

PART 5 Modification of section 39 of the Act (appeals against improvement notices)

8.   Subsection (3) is to be read as if “for want of prosecution” were omitted.”

(1)

S.I. 2007/2611 (W. 222), as amended by: S.I. 2010/1849, regulations 2 and 3; S.I. 2014/1102, regulation 4; S.I. 2014/2303, regulation 13, Schedule 6, Part 1 and regulation 14, Schedule 7, Part 1, paragraphs 8 and 9 and Part 2, paragraphs 47 and 48.