{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-sampling-and-qualifications-wales-regulations-2013/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-sampling-and-qualifications-wales-regulations-2013/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2013/479",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) (Wales) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-sampling-and-qualifications-wales-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;\n“owner” means—\n(a)in the case of goods in transit, the consignor (or, if the consignor does not have an address in Wales, the consignee);\n(b)in the case of goods from a vending machine—\n(i)if the machine is marked with the name and address of its owner, and the address is in Wales, that person; and\n(ii)in any other case, the occupier of the premises on which the machine stands or to which it is affixed;\n(c)in any other case, the person appearing to the authorised officer to be the owner of the sample when the officer procured it;\n“qualified” means qualified for the purposes of the Act.\n“specified state” (“gwladwriaeth benodedig”) means a state specified in Schedule 2 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and the Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Wales) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2023;",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.12.2023) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Wales) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1294), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 6(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/479/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:43:44.217787+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."
}