{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-act-2009/schedule-4/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-act-2009/schedule-4/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/21",
  "legislation_title": "Health Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 13 (enforcement) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)(a), after “Wales, a” insert “ local ”.\n(3) In subsection (3), after “Wales” insert “ , Northern Ireland ”.\n(4) Omit subsection (4).\n(5) In subsection (5), after “proceedings” insert\n“which are—\n(a) in respect of an offence committed in England, and”.\n(b)\n(6) After subsection (5) insert—\n“(5A) The Welsh Ministers may take over the conduct of any proceedings which are—\n(a) in respect of an offence committed in Wales, and\n(b) instituted in England and Wales by another person under any provision of this Act or regulations made under it.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 7 partly in force; Sch. 4 para. 7(2) in force at 12.1.2010 see s. 40(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 7(1) in force at 31.10.2012 for specified purposes for N.I. by S.R. 2012/389, art. 2(1)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 7(3)(4) in force at 31.10.2012 for N.I. by S.R. 2012/389, art. 2(1)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 7(5)(6) in force at 6.4.2012 for E. by S.I. 2010/1068, art. 2(1A)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I5",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 7(6) in force at 1.6.2012 for W. by S.I. 2012/1288, art. 2(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/schedule/4/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:35:02.369757+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."
}