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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-information-amendment-of-transitional-provisions-wales-regulations-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2022/939",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Information (Amendment of Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-information-amendment-of-transitional-provisions-wales-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture, Wales\nFood, Wales\nMade 5 September 2022\nLaid before Senedd Cymru 7 September 2022\nComing into force 30 September 2022\nThe Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(e) and 48(1)(c) of the Food Safety Act 1990, make the following Regulations.\nIn accordance with section 48(4A) of the Food Safety Act 1990, the Welsh Ministers have had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency.\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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16. Functions of the “Secretary of State” under the Food Safety Act 1990 are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), and section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). See amendments to sections 16 and 48 of the Food Safety Act 1990 by section 40 of and paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28). The powers in the Food Safety Act 1990, when read with paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), allow for modifications to be made to retained direct minor EU legislation as defined in section 7(6) of the Act. “Modify” is defined in section 20(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and includes “amend, repeal or revoke”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Subsection (4A) was inserted by paragraphs 7 and 21 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "EUR 2002/178."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2022/939/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:06:05.133819+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."
}