The Food (Promotion and Presentation) (Wales) Regulations 2025

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introduction

   1. 1. Title, extent, application and coming into force

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART 2 Meaning of specified food and qualifying business

   1. 3. Specified food

   2. 4. Qualifying businesses

4. PART 3 Restrictions on the promotion and presentation of specified food

   1. 5. Restriction on the price promotion of specified food

   2. 6. Restriction on the presentation of specified food – in store

   3. 7. Restriction on the presentation of specified food – online

5. PART 4 Restriction on the price promotion of certain drinks

   1. 8. Restriction on the price promotion of certain drinks

6. PART 5 Enforcement

   1. 9. Enforcement

   2. 10. Improvement notice

7. PART 6 Offence and civil sanction

   1. 11. Offence

   2. 12. Civil sanction

8. PART 7 Supplementary and administrative matters

   1. 13. Guidance as to use of fixed monetary penalties

   2. 14. Publication of enforcement action

   3. 15. Review

9. PART 8 Application and modification of the Act

   1. 16. Application and modification of the Act

10. Signature

11. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Categories of specified food

       1. 1. Category 1

       2. 2. (1) The following provisions apply for the purposes of this...

       3. 3. Category 2

       4. 4. Category 3

       5. 5. Category 4

       6. 6. Category 5

       7. 7. Category 6

       8. 8. Category 7

       9. 9. Category 8

       10. 10. Category 9

       11. 11. Category 10

       12. 12. Category 11

       13. 13. Category 12

       14. 14. Category 13

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Fixed monetary penalties

       1. 1. Imposition of a fixed monetary penalty

       2. 2. Notice of intent

       3. 3. Discharge of liability

       4. 4. Making representations and objections

       5. 5. Service of final notice

       6. 6. Contents of final notice

       7. 7. Discount for early payment

       8. 8. Appeals against a final notice

       9. 9. Appeals

       10. 10. Non-payment after 28 days (late payment penalty)

       11. 11. Recovery of payments

       12. 12. Criminal proceedings

       13. 13. Withdrawing a notice

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Modification of provisions of the Act

       1. PART 1 Modification of section 21 of the Act (defence of due diligence)

          1. 1. Section 21 applies as if— (a) in subsection (2), the...

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

          1. 2. Section 32(1)(a) applies as if “or of regulations or orders...

          2. 3. Section 32(6)(a) applies as if “or of regulations or orders...

       3. PART 3 Modification of section 34 of the Act (time limits for prosecutions)

          1. 4. Section 34 applies as if for “section 35(2) below” there...

       4. PART 4 Modification of section 35 of the Act (punishment of offences)

          1. 5. Section 35(1) applies as if the reference to section 33(1)...

          2. 6. Section 35(2) applies as if for “any other offence under...

       5. PART 5 Modification of section 37 of the Act (appeals to magistrates’ court)

          1. 7. The heading to section 37 applies as if the reference...

          2. 8. Section 37(1) applies as if there were substituted—

          3. 9. Section 37(3) applies as if “or an appeal to such...

          4. 10. Section 37(5) applies as if— (a) “or (4)” were omitted,...

          5. 11. Section 37(6) applies as if— (a) “or (4)” were omitted,...

       6. PART 6 Modification of section 39 of the Act (appeals against improvement notices)

          1. 12. Section 39 applies as if— (a) the references to an...

       7. PART 7 Modification of section 49 of the Act (form and authentication of documents)

          1. 13. Section 49(4) applies as if “and of any regulations and...

12. Explanatory Note