{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-wales-act-2013/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-wales-act-2013/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2013/2",
  "legislation_title": "Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-wales-act-2013",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Duties of Food Standards Agency",
  "text": "(1) The FSA must—\n(a) in exercising its functions under this Act, have regard to guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers;\n(b) publish the matters to which a food authority must have regard when preparing and keeping under review an inspection programme under section 2 (where those matters have been approved by the Welsh Ministers);\n(c) publish the rating criteria against which a food hygiene rating is scored under section 3;\n(d) at the end of the period of 1 year beginning with the commencement of the scheme, and each subsequent period of 1 year, conduct a review of the operation of the appeals system established under section 5 during that period;\n(e) at the end of the period of 1 year beginning with the commencement of the scheme, and each subsequent period of 3 years, otherwise review the implementation and operation of the food hygiene rating scheme established under this Act during that period;\n(f) make recommendations to food authorities to assist them to comply with their responsibilities under the scheme;\n(g) promote the scheme to food business establishments and consumers in Wales;\n(h) supply food hygiene rating stickers in the prescribed form to food authorities without charge.\n(2) No later than 3 months after the end of the period to which a review under subsection (1)(d) relates, the FSA must lay a report before the National Assembly for Wales containing—\n(a) details of the review that was undertaken;\n(b) the recommendations for change, if any, to the appeals system it considers appropriate and its reasons for reaching that conclusion.\n(3) No later than 3 months after the end of the period to which a review under subsection (1)(e) relates, the FSA must lay a report before the National Assembly for Wales containing—\n(a) details of the review that was undertaken;\n(b) the recommendations for change, if any, to the food hygiene rating scheme it considers appropriate and its reasons for reaching that conclusion.\n(4) The FSA must send a copy of each report produced under this section to the Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 14 in force at 28.11.2013 by S.I. 2013/2617, art. 3(h)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2013/2/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:32.425552+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}