The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2015

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 1723 (W. 235)

Plant Health, Wales

The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2015

Made

24 September 2015

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

29 September 2015

Coming into force

20 October 2015

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1) of the Plant Health Act 1967(1) and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972(2).

This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(3). It appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for the references to the European Union instruments mentioned in article 2(a)(ii) and (vii) to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

(1)

1967 c.8. Section 1(2) was amended by paragraph 43 of Schedule 2 to the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755 (W.90)). The powers conferred by sections 2 and 3(1) are conferred on a “competent authority” which is defined in section 1(2) (for Wales) as the Welsh Ministers. Sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68).

(2)

1972 c. 68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51).

(3)

Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).