Introduction
1.These Explanatory Notes are for the Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Act 2013 which was passed by the National Assembly for Wales on 22 January 2013 and received Royal Assent on 4 March 2013. They have been prepared by the Department for Health, Social Services and Children of the Welsh Government to assist the reader of the Act. The Explanatory Notes should be read in conjunction with the Act but are not part of it.