Explanatory Notes

Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023

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17 August 2023

Commentary on Sections

Part 6 - General

Section 50 – Regulations under this Act

263.Section 50 makes general provision about regulations made under this Act and sets out the Senedd Cymru procedure applicable to those regulations.

264.Subsection (3) provides that a power to make regulations under the Act includes power to modify retained direct EU legislation.

265.Subsection (4) provides that a power to make regulations under the Act includes power to make supplemental, incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory, or saving provision.

266.Subsection (7) sets out the provisions of the Act to which the affirmative procedure applies, ie under which regulations may not be made unless a draft of the instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, Senedd Cymru.  Subsection (8) provides that the affirmative procedure is also applicable where regulations modify any provision of primary legislation.