{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-wales-amendment-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2016/845",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Hygiene (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-wales-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Food, Wales\nMade 16 August 2016\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 19 August 2016\nComing into force 15 October 2016\nThe Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Welsh Ministers have been designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that is expedient for references to an Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat to be construed as references to that Annex as amended from time to time.\nThere has been consultation 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 during the preparation and evaluation of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) (“the 2006 Act”) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7) (“the 2008 Act”). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the 2006 Act and was amended by Part 1 of 2008 Act and S.I. 2007/1388."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/1971. By virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 28 and 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), functions conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by this designation order are transferred to the Welsh Ministers."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p 1, last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
}