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Food Act 2014

Miscellaneous provisions - Transitional provisions - Pre-commencement

420: Pre-commencement legislative requirements: Food Act 1981 and regulations

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"Old food laws that still apply after the new Food Act 2014 starts"

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When the Food Act 2014 becomes law, some parts of the old Food Act 1981 will stop being law. The Food Act 1981 has sections that will stop being law on a specific date. You can find out when this happens by looking at section 2(3)(b) and section 2(1).

The Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985 will still be in force, as if they were made under the new Food Act 2014. These regulations can be treated as if they were made under sections 343 and 383 of the new Act. They can also be changed or stopped as if they were made under the new Act.

Some laws, like the Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985, are called secondary legislation, which you can read about in the Legislation Act 2019. Changes to these regulations are also secondary legislation. You can find out more about this by reading Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Transitional provisions: Pre-commencement

420Pre-commencement legislative requirements: Food Act 1981 and regulations

  1. Sections 37 and 40 of the Food Act 1981 are repealed on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent (see section 2(3)(b)).

  2. The other provisions of the Food Act 1981 are repealed on the date or dates appointed by Order in Council for the purpose of their repeal (see section 2(1)).

  3. The Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985—

  4. continue in force as if made under this Act; and
    1. are to be treated as if made under sections 343 and 383 of this Act; and
      1. may be amended or revoked as if made under this Act.

        1. The following are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements):

        2. the Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985:
          1. an amendment to those regulations under subsection (3)(c).

            Notes
            • Section 420(2): 1 March 2016 appointed as the date for the purpose of commencing the repeals effected by that section, on , by clause 7 of Schedule 1 of the Food Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/310).
            • Section 420(3): replaced, on , by section 6 of the Therapeutic Products Act Repeal Act 2024 (2024 No 55).
            • Section 420(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).