PART 3 E+WAmendments, revocations, saving and review

Amendment of the Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) Regulations 2016E+W

6.  Schedule 4 has effect.

Miscellaneous amendmentsE+W

7.  Schedule 5 has effect.

Revocations and saving relating to food for special medical purposesE+W

8.—(1) The instruments specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 6 are revoked to the extent specified in column 3 of that table, subject to paragraph (2).

(2) The instruments specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 6 continue to have effect (so far as otherwise revoked to the extent specified in column 3 of that table) for the purposes of—

(a)regulation 8(c) of the Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) Regulations 2016 M1 (transitional arrangements) as substituted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to these Regulations; and

(b)regulation 5(3)(b) of these Regulations.

Revocation of regulation 4 of the Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017E+W

9.  Regulation 4 of the Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 M2 (amendment of Schedule 3 to the Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) Regulations 2016) is revoked.

ReviewE+W

10.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)carry out a review of the regulatory provision made by these Regulations; and

(b)publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

(2) The report must in particular—

(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision made by these Regulations;

(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved;

(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate; and

(d)if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.

(3) The first report under this regulation must be published before 22nd February 2025.

(4) Subsequent reports under this regulation must be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

(5) In this regulation “regulatory provision” has the meaning given by section 32(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 M3.