# The Advertising (Less Healthy Food Definitions and Exemptions) Regulations 2024, Regulation 3: Less healthy food or drink products


(1) For the purposes of sections 321A(1) (objectives for advertisements: less healthy food and drink), 368FA(1) (advertising: less healthy food and drink) and 368Z14(1) (prohibition of paid-for advertising of less healthy food and drink) of the 2003 Act, a product is a “less healthy food or drink product” if—
(a) it falls within one of the categories set out in paragraphs 2 to 17 of the Schedule to these Regulations, and is not an exempt product within the meaning of paragraph 1 of that Schedule, and
(b) the score for the product when the nutrient profiling model is applied to it in accordance with the Nutrient Profiling Technical Guidance is—
(i) 4 or more points in the case of a product which is not a drink, or
(ii) 1 or more points in the case of a product which is a drink.
(2) Products within the categories set out in the Schedule are “less healthy food or drink products” whether they are sold for consumption at home or elsewhere.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1266/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/advertising-less-healthy-food-definitions-and-exemptions-regulations-2024/regulation-3
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