Scottish Statutory Instruments
Aquaculture
Made
3rd March 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
5th March 2015
Coming into force
3rd April 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
The Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for any references to Annex IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture(2) to be construed as a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time.
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Schedule 1, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) in so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. Paragraph 1A was inserted by the 2006 Act, section 28.
OJ L 168, 28.6.2007, p.1 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 506/2008, OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p.36 and Regulation (EU) No 304/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p.1