The Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Regulations 2013

Food hygiene rating stickers – location and manner of display

9.—(1) This regulation applies when the operator of an establishment is required to display a sticker at the establishment in accordance with section 7(1) of the Act.

(2) A sticker showing an establishment’s valid rating must be displayed at or near each entrance to the establishment that is available for use by customers in a conspicuous place where it is capable of being easily read by customers before they enter the establishment when it is open for business.

(3) If the establishment is one where food is provided to customers but customers are not permitted or invited to enter the establishment or it is incapable for all practical purposes of being entered by customers, the sticker showing the establishment’s valid rating must be displayed in a conspicuous place at the establishment where it is capable of being easily read by customers when the establishment is open for business.

(4) Where food is provided to customers by or on behalf of an operator at outlets away from the operator’s establishment (such as market stalls and vehicles) that are part of the operator’s business, and those outlets are not eligible for a rating in their own right, a sticker showing the valid rating for the establishment must be displayed in a conspicuous place at each outlet where it is capable of being easily read by customers when the outlet is open for business.

(5) Each sticker referred to in paragraph (2) must be displayed—

(a) on a window that forms part of the relevant entrance; or

(b) on an exterior window that is adjacent to the relevant entrance; or

(c) inside the establishment but capable of being read through such a window; or

(d) if there is no such window, at some other place at or near the relevant entrance; or

(e) where there is no surface available that is suitable for displaying the sticker in accordance with sub-paragraphs (a) to (d), on a wall or other surface where it is capable of being easily read by customers.

(6) In paragraph (5) “the relevant entrance” (“y fynedfa berthnasol”) means each entrance at or near to which a sticker showing an establishment’s valid rating must be displayed in accordance with paragraph (2).