The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Agriculture and Rural Development) Order 2009

Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 1758

Constitutional Law

Devolution, Wales

The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Agriculture and Rural Development) Order 2009

Made

8th July 2009

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of July 2009

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

In accordance with section 95(5) of the Government of Wales Act 2006(1), a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales and each House of Parliament.

Accordingly, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 95(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:–

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Agriculture and Rural Development) Order 2009 and it shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendments to Schedule 5 to the Government of Wales Act 2006

2.—(1) Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 is amended in accordance with this article.

(2) In field 1 (agriculture, fisheries, forestry and rural development), insert–

“Matter 1.1

The red meat industry, in relation to–

(a) increasing efficiency or productivity in the industry;

(b) improving marketing in the industry;

(c) improving or developing services that the industry provides or could provide to the community;

(d) improving the ways in which the industry contributes to sustainable development.

Interpretation of this field

In this field “the red meat industry” means all of the activities comprised in–

(a) breeding, keeping, processing, marketing and distributing cattle, sheep and pigs (alive or dead), and

(b) producing, processing, marketing, manufacturing and distributing products derived to any substantial extent from those animals (apart from milk and milk products, fleece wool and hides).

For the purposes of this definition–

“cattle” means bovine animals, including bison and buffalo;

“pigs” means porcine animals, including wild boar and other feral pigs.”.

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Government of Wales Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”). The Order extends the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales to make laws known as Measures of the National Assembly of Wales (referred to in the 2006 Act as “Assembly Measures”). The legislative competence conferred by this Order is subject to general limitations on the exercise of that legislative competence, which apply by virtue of section 94 of, and Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act.

Article 2(2) inserts matter 1.1 and interpretation provisions into field 1 (agriculture, fisheries, forestry and rural development) of Part 1of Schedule 5 to the 2006 Act. The new matter extends the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales to cover the red meat industry, in relation to–

(a) increasing efficiency or productivity in the red meat industry;

(b) improving marketing in the red meat industry;

(c) improving or developing services that the red meat industry provides or could provide to the community;

(d) improving the ways in which the red meat industry contributes to sustainable development.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

2006 c.32.