Scottish Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 182
Agriculture
The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018
Made
31st May 2018
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
1st June 2018
Coming into force
11th July 2018
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) and paragraph 1A of schedule 2 of the European Communities Act 1972(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
The Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for references to the following Regulations:—
(a)Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007(2);
(b)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and as regards the reporting of market prices of certain categories of carcasses and live animals(3); and
(c)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and as regards the reporting of market prices of certain categories of carcasses and live animals(4),
to be construed as references to those Regulations as amended from time to time.
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”), section 27(4). Section 2(2) was also amended by the 2006 Act, section 27(1)(a) and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (“the 2008 Act”), section 3(3) and Part 1 of the schedule. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. Paragraph 1A of schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the 2006 Act and was amended by Part 1 of the schedule of the 2008 Act.
OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p.671.
OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p.74.
OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p.103.