The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2016

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 639 (W. 175)

Food, Wales

The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2016

Made

12 July 2016

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

12 July 2016

Coming into force

2 August 2016

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1), 17(1) and (2), 26(1) and (3), and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990(1) and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972(2).

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for any references to specified provisions of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009(3) to be construed as references to those provisions as amended from time to time.

So far as these Regulations are made in exercise of powers under the Food Safety Act 1990, the Welsh Ministers have had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency in accordance with section 48(4A)(4) of that Act.

There has been consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety(5), during the preparation and evaluation of the following Regulations.

(1)

1990 c. 16. Section 16(1) was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) (“the 1999 Act”). Section 17(2) was amended by paragraphs 8 and 12 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act and S.I. 2011/1043. Section 48(1) was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act. Functions formerly exercisable by “the Ministers” so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672 as read with section 40(3) of the 1999 Act, and subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

(2)

1972 c. 68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and was amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2009 (c. 7), S.I. 2007/1388 and S.I. 2014/2303 (W. 227).

(3)

OJ No L 181, 29.6.2013, p. 35.

(4)

Section 48(4A) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act.

(5)

OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1, last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 1).