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Statutory Instruments
Broadcasting
Electronic Communications
Food
Public Health
Made
19th December 2022
Laid before Parliament
20th December 2022
Coming into force
30th December 2022
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 368Z14(7) of the Communications Act 2003( 1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Communications Act 2003 (Restrictions on the Advertising of Less Healthy Food) (Effective Date) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022.
(2) They come into force on 30th December 2022.
(3) They extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(4) They apply in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
2.—(1) The Communications Act 2003 (Restrictions on the Advertising of Less Healthy Food) (Effective Date) (Amendment) Regulations 2022( 2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(4)(b) and (c), for “1 January 2025” substitute “1 October 2025”.
Neil O’Brien
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
19th December 2022
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations correct errors in the Communications Act 2003 (Restrictions on the Advertising of Less Healthy Food) (Effective Date) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. 2022/1311), correcting the date in the amendments made by that Statutory Instrument to section 368Z14(11) and (12)(a) of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)(“ the 2003 Act”).
A full impact assessment of the effect that Schedule 18 to the Health and Care Act 2022 (which inserted Part 4C, including section 368Z14, into the 2003 Act) will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available fromhttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/996232/impact-assessment-hfss-advertising.pdf, and from the Department of Health and Social Care at 39 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0EU. No impact assessment has been produced for this instrument.
2003 c. 21. Section 368Z14 was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 18 to the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31).