The Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 1007

Food, England

Public Health, England

The Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Made

at 9.29 a.m. on 29th September 2022

Laid before Parliament

at 1.30 p.m. on 29th September 2022

Coming into force

30th September 2022

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16(1)(e) and (f) of the Food Safety Act 1990(1) (“the 1990 Act”).

The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 48(4)(2) of the 1990 Act.

Citation, commencement and extent

1.  These Regulations—

(a) may be cited as the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022;

(b) come into force on 30th September 2022;

(c) extend to England and Wales.

Amendment of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021

2.  In regulation 1 (commencement etc.) of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021(3)—

(a) in paragraph (1), after “2021 and” insert “, except for regulations 5 and 6,”;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Regulations 5 and 6 come into force on 1st October 2023.”.

Will Quince

Minister of State,

Department of Health and Social Care

At 9.29 a.m. on 29th September 2022

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 (“the Principal Regulations”) provide for restrictions on the marketing in a store or on an online marketplace of certain foods and drinks that are less healthy. They are due to come into force on 1st October 2022.

These Regulations amend the Principal Regulations so that regulations 5 and 6 (relating to volume price promotions, including free drink refills) instead come into force on 1st October 2023.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.

(1)

1990 c. 16. Section 16(1) was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28); there are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.

(2)

Section 48(4) was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 and S.I. 2004/2990.

(3)

S.I. 2021/1368.