Welsh Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 3188 (W.304)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WALES
The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) Regulations 2002
Made
18th December 2002
Coming into force
31st December 2002
The National Assembly for Wales, being designated(1)for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the control and regulation of the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms, acting in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and by sections 106(4) and (5), 107(8), 111(1), (4), (5), (7) and (11), 122(1) and (4), 123(7), and 126(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(3), having consulted the Food Standards Agency in accordance with section 126(5) of that Act and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, makes the following Regulations:—
1990 c. 43. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions (with the exception of section 156) were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under Article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under these provisions were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under Article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/253).