# The Food Hygiene (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, Introduction: Introductory text


FOOD, WALES
Made 28 March 2012
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 30 March 2012
Coming into force 1 May 2012
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
The Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures in respect of food (including drink) including the primary production of food.
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 there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of the following Regulations.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/975/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-wales-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.