{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-wales-regulations-2009/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-wales-regulations-2009/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2009/3376",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-wales-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Power to issue codes of recommended practice",
  "text": "(1) For the guidance of feed authorities and food authorities the Welsh Ministers may issue codes of recommended practice as regards—\n(a) functions conferred upon those authorities in their capacity as competent authorities by or under Regulation 2017/625; or\n(b) the execution and enforcement of the Import Provisions;\nand any such code must be laid before the National Assembly for Wales after being issued.\n(2) The Agency may, after consulting the Welsh Ministers, give a feed authority or food authority a direction requiring them to take any specified steps in order to comply with a code issued under this regulation.\n(3) In exercise of the functions conferred on them as competent authorities by or under Regulation 2017/625 and in their execution and enforcement of the Import Provisions, every feed authority and food authority—\n(a) must have regard to any relevant provision of any such code; and\n(b) must comply with any direction which is given under this regulation and requires them to take any specified steps in order to comply with such a code.\n(4) Any direction under paragraph (2) is, on the application of the Agency, enforceable by mandatory order.\n(5) The Agency must consult the Welsh Ministers before making an application under paragraph (4).\n(6) Before issuing any code under this regulation, the Welsh Ministers will have regard to any relevant advice given by the Agency.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(1)(a) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1482), regs. 1(1), 13(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(3) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1482), regs. 1(1), 13(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2009/3376/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:54:42.367325+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."
}