{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1434",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Food Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 4th June 1996\nLaid before Parliament 5th June 1996\nComing into force 27th June 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Health in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(3), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Act 1988 and section 175(2) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations: certain functions transferred (1.7.1999 immediately after the coming into force of Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), s. 53) by The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), arts. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations continued (7.10.2005) by The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Savings) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2279), arts. 1(1), 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 7; section 13 was amended by section 21(1) of, and paragraph 8(11) of Schedule 6 to, the Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 175(2) to (5) is applied by section 15A of the Social Security Act 1988 which section was inserted by paragraph 8(10) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security Act 1990 and amended by section 4 of, and paragraph 96 of Schedule 2 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1434/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:42:48.088219+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."
}