The Seed (Equivalence) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 1276 (W. 259)

Seeds, Wales

The Seed (Equivalence) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022

Made

5 December 2022

Laid before Senedd Cymru

7 December 2022

Coming into force

30 December 2022

The Welsh Ministers in whom the powers conferred by section 16(1) to (4) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(1) are now vested(2), make the following Regulations.

The Welsh Ministers have consulted with representatives of such interests as appear to the Welsh Ministers to be concerned with these Regulations in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act.

(1)

1964 c. 14. Section 16(1) was amended, and section 16(1A) was inserted, by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68). The powers in the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964, when read with paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) allow for modification to be made to “retained direct minor EU legislation” as defined in section 7(6) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964. See section 38(1) for the definition of “the Minister”.

(2)

The functions of the Minister, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272). Those functions were then transferred to the National Assembly of Wales by 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 National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).