The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 92 (W. 24)

Exiting The European Union, Wales

Animals, Wales

Animal Health

The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Sift requirements satisfied

14 January 2019

Made

21 January 2019

Laid before he National Assembly for Wales

24 January 2019

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(1), make the following Regulations.

The requirements of paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (relating to the appropriate National Assembly for Wales scrutiny procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

(2) These Regulations come into force on exit day.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

The Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007

2.—(1) The Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “cattle passport” for “in England, Wales or Scotland under Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000” substitute “under Schedule 3 to these Regulations or the equivalent measure in England or Scotland”.

(3) In regulation 10(3)(h), for “a representative of the European Commission or any other” substitute “any”.

(4) In Schedule 1, omit paragraph 8.

(5) In paragraph 4 of Schedule 2, in the title and in sub-paragraph (1), for “another” substitute “a”.

The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2011

3.—(1) The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2011(3) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 8(2)(c), omit “intra-Community trade or”.

(3) In article 10, omit “intra-Community trade or”.

The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2015

4.—(1) The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2015(4) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2(1), in the definitions of “export”, “identification mark”, and “method of identification”, for “another” substitute “a”.

(3) In article 32, in the title and in paragraphs (1) and (2), for “another” substitute “a”.

(4) In article 38(1)(g), omit “a representative of the European Commission acting for the purposes of Article 12 of the Council Regulation, or”.

(5) In article 41(d), for “another” substitute “a”.

Lesley Griffiths

Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers

21 January 2019

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

These Regulations make amendments to subordinate legislation, which apply in relation to Wales, in the fields of the recording, identification and movement of livestock.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations

(1)

2018 c. 16.

(2)

S.I. 2007/842 (W. 74), amended by S.I. 2013/821 (W. 97); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(3)

S.I. 2011/2830 (W. 303), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(4)

S.I. 2015/1992 (W. 302).