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The Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1007 · Made 29 September 2022

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Food, England

Public Health, England

Made at 9.29 a.m. on 29th September 2022

Laid before Parliament at 1.30 p.m. on 29th September 2022

Coming into force 30th September 2022

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16(1)(e) and (f) of the Food Safety Act 1990f1 (“the 1990 Act”).

The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 48(4)f2 of the 1990 Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1990 c. 16. Section 16(1) was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28); there are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.

f2

Section 48(4) was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 and S.I. 2004/2990.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

These Regulations—

(a)

may be cited as the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022;

(b)

come into force on 30th September 2022;

(c)

extend to England and Wales.

2Amendment of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021

In regulation 1 (commencement etc.) of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021f1—

(a)

in paragraph (1), after “2021 and” insert “, except for regulations 5 and 6,”;

(b)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

Regulations 5 and 6 come into force on 1st October 2023.”.

Signature

Will Quince

Minister of State,

Department of Health and Social Care

At 9.29 a.m. on 29th September 2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 (“the Principal Regulations”) provide for restrictions on the marketing in a store or on an online marketplace of certain foods and drinks that are less healthy. They are due to come into force on 1st October 2022.

These Regulations amend the Principal Regulations so that regulations 5 and 6 (relating to volume price promotions, including free drink refills) instead come into force on 1st October 2023.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.