(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply in relation to England only, further amend the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985 (“the 1985 Regulations”).
Regulation 2(2) amends the definition of “the Minister” in the 1985 Regulations to allow the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting on his own, to perform functions in relation to England that are currently performed jointly with the Secretary of State (in practice, the Secretary of State for Wales) and also so as to reflect the transfer of functions exerciseable in relation to Wales to the National Assembly for Wales that was made by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).
Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 13 of the 1985 Regulations to permit the processing in England of bovine semen collected in Scotland in accordance with the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Regulations 1985 (which, in Scotland, correspond to the 1985 Regulations).
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared in respect of these Regulations.