{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-wales-regulations-2012/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-wales-regulations-2012/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2012/2705",
  "legislation_title": "The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-wales-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Application of various provisions of the Act",
  "text": "(1) Section 10(1) and (2) of the Act (improvement notices) applies for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification (in the case of section 10(1)) set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2 for the purposes of—\n(a) enabling an improvement notice to be served on a person requiring that person to comply with any of the following provisions—\n(i) regulations 10A(1), 10A(3) and 12(6);\n(ii) Article 16 of Regulation 1935/2004;\n(iii) Article 5 of Regulation 1895/2005;\n(iv) Articles 12 and 13 of Regulation 450/2009; ...\n(v) the second sentence of Article 8, Article 15 as read with Annex IV, and Article 16 of Regulation 10/2011; and\n(vi) Article 4 of Regulation 2018/213; and\n(b) making the failure to comply with a notice referred to in sub-paragraph (a) an offence.\n(2) The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 2 apply, with the modifications (if any) specified in column 2 of that table.\n(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are without prejudice to the application of the Act to these Regulations for purposes other than those specified in paragraph (1).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 27 substituted (14.9.2017) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/832), regs. 1(3), 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 27(1)(a)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/425, reg. 3(6A) (as inserted by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving Provision) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1581), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(c))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 27(1)(a)(iv) omitted (6.9.2018) by virtue of The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/913), regs. 1(3), 8(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 27(1)(a)(vi) inserted (6.9.2018) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/913), regs. 1(3), 8(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/2705/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:44:52.241311+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."
}