Welsh Statutory Instruments
AGRICULTURE, WALES
Made
25 October 2010
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
2 November 2010
Coming into force
23 November 2010
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1), 74A(1), (2) and (4) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970 M1; and by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community M3, measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health M4 and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals M5, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to that Act.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for references to the Annexes to the EU instruments mentioned in regulation 2(3) to be construed as references to those Annexes as they may be amended from time to time.
There has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations in accordance with the requirements of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety M6 or, in the case of provisions relating to feed for non food-producing animals, of section 84(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970.F1
Textual Amendments
F1Regulations revoked in part (12.5.2016) by The Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/386), Sch. 2 (with reg. 2(4))
Marginal Citations
M11970 c. 40. Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions “the Ministers”, “prescribed” and “regulations”. The definition of “the Ministers” was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), Schedule 5, paragraph 1. Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and thereafter transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (2006 c. 32). Section 74A was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972 (1972 c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 6. Sections 66(1) and 84 were amended by S.I. 2004/3254. Section 66(1) was also amended by S.I. 2010/2287 (W.199).
M21972 c. 68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c. 51) and amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (2008 c. 7).
M3S.I. 2005/2766. Functions of the National Assembly for Wales under this designation and the designation under S.I. 2005/1971 were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraphs 28 and 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.
M6OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468 with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).
