{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-wales-regulations-2013/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-wales-regulations-2013/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2013/2903",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-wales-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Exempt food business establishments",
  "text": "(1) The following categories of establishment are exempt from rating under the Act—\n(a) an establishment where—\n(i) the sale of food is not the primary activity of the establishment; and\n(ii) the only food made available to consumers is food that is—\n(aa) shelf stable at ambient temperature; and\n(bb) wrapped or packaged before it is brought to the establishment and the wrapping or packaging remains sealed at all times before the food is supplied to consumers;\n(b) an establishment used by any of the following persons for the purpose of providing caring services where the establishment is also used as a private dwelling —\n(i) childminders;\n(ii) persons who are adult placement carers within the meaning of regulation 1(3) of the Adult Placement Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019;\nbut not including an establishment used to provide catering services by which food is supplied from a private dwelling.\n(2) In paragraph (1)(b)(i), “childminders” includes—\n(a) childminders who are registered under Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 or registered under equivalent alternative provisions for registering child minders; and\n(b) childminders who would be required to be registered as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) but for the fact that the children for whom they provide child care are over eight years of age.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5(1)(b)(ii) substituted (29.4.2019) by The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/237), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2010 nawm 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/2903/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:40:53.707010+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."
}