Welsh Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 483 (W.69)
ANIMALS, WALES
ANIMAL HEALTH
The Disease Control (Interim Measures) (Wales) Order 2003
Made
3rd March 2003
Coming into force
4th March 2003
The National Assembly for Wales and the Secretary of State, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 7, 8(1) and 83 of the Animal Health Act 1981(1), make the following Order:
1981 c. 22. Functions conferred under the 1981 Act on “the Ministers” (as defined in section 86 of that Act) were transferred so far as exercisable by the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/672). The joint functions of “the Ministers” exercisable by the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Wales were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141). All functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were then further transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).