Welsh Statutory Instrument SI 2025 Wales

The Food (Promotion and Presentation) (Wales) Regulations 2025

Read it on legislation.gov.uk (opens in a new tab)
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 1 of 10 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 9 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person5

Plus 5 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.005 Restriction on the price promotion of specified food Regulated
  • Do not offer volume price promotions on specified foodAny Person
s.007 Restriction on the presentation of specified food – online Regulated
  • Restrict where and when specified food appears on your online marketplaceAny Person
s.008 Restriction on the price promotion of certain drinks Regulated
  • Do not offer free refill promotions on unhealthy non-prepacked drinksAny Person
s.009 Enforcement Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Food authorities must enforce food promotion and presentation rules in their areaLocal authority
s.011 Offence Prosecution
  • Fail to comply with an improvement noticeAny Person

Unlimited fine

11 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Title, extent, application and coming into force
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Specified food
s.004 Qualifying businesses
s.006 Restriction on the presentation of specified food – in store
s.010 Improvement notice
s.012 Civil sanction
s.013 Guidance as to use of fixed monetary penalties
s.014 Publication of enforcement action
s.015 Review
s.016 Application and modification of the Act
Schedules

Schedules

5 of 40 shown
s.sch002 Non-payment after 28 days (late payment penalty) Regulated
  • Pay fixed monetary penalty within 28 days or face 50% increaseAny Person
s.sch002 Notice of intent Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Food authority must serve notice of intent before imposing a fixed penaltyLocal authority
s.sch002 Making representations and objections Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Food authority must decide on fixed monetary penalty after representation periodLocal authority
s.sch002 Service of final notice Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Food authority must not serve final notice if you have a legal defenceLocal authority
s.sch002 Contents of final notice Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Enforcement authority must include required details in final penalty noticeLocal authority
35 other schedules
s.sch001 Category 1
s.sch001 Category 9
s.sch001 Category 10
s.sch001 Category 11
s.sch001 Category 12
s.sch001 Category 13
s.sch001 (1) The following provisions apply for the purposes of this...
s.sch001 Category 2
s.sch001 Category 3
s.sch001 Category 4
s.sch001 Category 5
s.sch001 Category 6
s.sch001 Category 7
s.sch001 Category 8
s.sch002 Imposition of a fixed monetary penalty
s.sch002 Recovery of payments
s.sch002 Criminal proceedings
s.sch002 Withdrawing a notice
s.sch002 Discharge of liability
s.sch002 Discount for early payment
s.sch002 Appeals against a final notice
s.sch002 Appeals
s.sch003 Section 21 applies as if— (a) in subsection (2), the...
s.sch003 Section 37(5) applies as if— (a) “or (4)” were omitted,...
s.sch003 Section 37(6) applies as if— (a) “or (4)” were omitted,...
s.sch003 Section 39 applies as if— (a) the references to an...
s.sch003 Section 49(4) applies as if “and of any regulations and...
s.sch003 Section 32(1)(a) applies as if “or of regulations or orders...
s.sch003 Section 32(6)(a) applies as if “or of regulations or orders...
s.sch003 Section 34 applies as if for “section 35(2) below” there...
s.sch003 Section 35(1) applies as if the reference to section 33(1)...
s.sch003 Section 35(2) applies as if for “any other offence under...
s.sch003 The heading to section 37 applies as if the reference...
s.sch003 Section 37(1) applies as if there were substituted—
s.sch003 Section 37(3) applies as if “or an appeal to such...

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

1 more guide that reference this instrument
Food and drink regulations and traceability

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.