All the regulatory functions under or by virtue of the following enactments (including any regulatory function conferred by subordinate legislation made under those enactments) or pursuant to the following Community instruments, so far as exercisable by a Minister of the Crown—

Agricultural wages

Agricultural Wages Act 194843

Agriculture

Public Health Act 193644

Sections 98 to 101 and 106 of the Agriculture Act 194745

Pests Act 195446

Weeds Act 195947

Agriculture and Horticulture Act 196448

Farm Land and Rural Development Act 198849

Farm Woodland Scheme 198850

Common Agricultural Policy (Protection of Community Arrangements) Regulations 199251

Farm Woodland Premium Scheme 199252

Habitat (Water Fringe) Regulations 199453

Habitat (Former Set-Aside Land) Regulations 199454

Habitat (Salt-Marsh) Regulations 199455

Nitrate Sensitive Areas Regulations 199456

Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations 199457

Countryside Access Regulations 199458

Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 199459

Moorland (Livestock Extensification) Regulations 199560

Farm Woodland Premium Scheme 199761

Rural Development Grants (Agriculture and Forestry) Regulations 200062

Energy Crops Regulations 200063

Rural Enterprise Regulations 200064

England Rural Development Programme (Enforcement) Regulations 200065

Vocational Training Grants (Agriculture and Forestry) Regulations 200066

Agricultural Processing and Marketing Grants Regulations 200067

Beef Labelling (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 200068

Countryside Stewardship Regulations 200069

Milk and Milk Products (Pupils in Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 200170

Rural Development Grants (Local Communities) Regulations 200171

Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) Regulations 200272

Entry Level Agri-Environment Scheme (Pilot) (England) Regulations 200373

Common Agricultural Policy Non-IACS Support Schemes (Appeals) (England) Regulations 200474

Beef Carcase (Classification) (England) Regulations 200475

Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Appeals) (England) Regulations 200476

Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment Scheme (Set-aside) (England) Regulations 200477

Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Integrated Administration and Control System) Regulations 200578

Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes Regulations 200579

Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 200580

Environmental Stewardship (England) Regulations 200581

Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 200582

Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross-compliance) (England) Regulations 200583

Rural Development (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 200784

Cattle Identification Regulations 200785

Hill Farm Allowance Regulations 200786

Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products87

Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers88

Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector89

Commission Regulation (EC) No 817/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)90

Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)91

Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community92

Animal health and welfare

Protection of Animals Act 191193

Destructive Imported Animals Act 193294

Veterinary Surgeons Act 196695

Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 196896

Breeding of Dogs Act 197397

Farriers (Registration) Act 197598

Dangerous Wild Animals Act 197699

Bees Act 1980100

Animal Health Act 1981101

Zoo Licensing Act 1981102

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981103

Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984104

Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment) Act 1985105

Breeding of Dogs Act 1991106

Dangerous Dogs Act 1991107

Protection of Badgers Act 1992108

Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999109

Animal Welfare Act 2006110

Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996111

Animals (Third Country Imports) (Charges) Regulations 1997112

Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1997113

BSE Monitoring (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001114

Registration of Establishments (Laying Hens) (England) Regulations 2003115

Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2004116

Non Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (England) Regulations 2004117

Animal By-Products Regulations 2005118

Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2005119

Animal Health Act 1981 (Amendment) Regulations 2005120

Older Cattle (Disposal) (England) Regulations 2005121

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (No. 2) Regulations 2006122

Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006123

Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) Regulations 2006124

Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006125

Avian Influenza (Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006126

Salmonella in Turkey Flocks and Slaughter Pigs (Survey Powers) (England) Regulations 2006127

Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) Regulations 2006128

Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2006129

Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) Regulations 2006130

Avian Influenza (Fees for the Licensed Vaccination of Birds) (England) Regulations 2007131

Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2007132

Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2007133

Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks134

Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 laying down detailed rules of application for Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75135

Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs136

Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90 (laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin137

Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety138

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1084/2003 (concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing authorisation for medicinal products for human use and veterinary medicinal products granted by a competent authority of a member State)139

Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003 (of the European Parliament and the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition140

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2295/2003 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90141

Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC142

Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency143

Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 (of the European Parliament and the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules144

Regulation (EC) No. 183/2005 (of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down requirements for feed hygiene145

Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed146

Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs147

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1950/2006 (establishing, in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products, a list of substances essential for the treatment of equidae148

Companies

Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Companies Act 1985149

Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006150

Employment agencies

Employment Agencies Act 1973151

Fish and fisheries

Sea Fisheries Act 1868152

Diseases of Fish Act 1937153

Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967154

Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967155

Sea Fisheries Act 1968156

Conservation of Seals Act 1970157

Fishery Limits Act 1976158

Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980159

Fisheries Act 1981160

British Fishing Boats Act 1983161

Diseases of Fish Act 1983162

Diseases of Fish (Control) Regulations 1994163

Fish Health Regulations 1997164

Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites Regulations 2005165

Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007166

Food standards and safety

Food and Environment Protection Act 1985167

Pesticides Act 1998168

Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986169

Plant Protection (Basic Conditions) Regulations 1997170

Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005171

Detergents Regulations 2005172

Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005173

Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006174

Horticulture

Horticultural Produce Act 1986175

Grading of Horticultural Produce (Amendment) Regulations 1973176

Grading of Horticultural Produce (Forms of Labels) Regulations 1982177

Organic Products (Imports from Third Countries) Regulations 2003178

Organic Products Regulations 2004179

Regulation (EEC) No. 234/68 of the Council on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in live trees and other plants, bulbs, roots and the like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage180

Council Regulation (EC) No. 2200/96 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables181

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1148/2001 on checks on conformity to the marketing standards applicable to fresh fruit and vegetables182

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 46/2003 amending the marketing standards for fresh fruit and vegetables as regards mixes of different types of fresh fruit and vegetables in the same sales package183

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 47/2003 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No. 2200/96184

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 48/2003 laying down the rules applicable to mixes of different types of fresh fruit and vegetables in the same sales package185

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 408/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 1148/2001 on checks on conformity to the marketing standards applicable to fresh fruit and vegetables186

Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91187

Insolvency

Part 13 of the Insolvency Act 1986188

Marine transport

Protection of Wrecks Act 1973189

Dangerous Vessels Act 1985190

Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990191

Merchant Shipping Act 1995192

Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003193

Fishing Vessels (Certification of Deck Officers and Engineer Officers) Regulations 1984194

Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Medical Stores) Regulations 1995195

Merchant Shipping (Reporting Requirements for Ships Carrying Dangerous or Polluting Goods) Regulations 1995196

Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995197

Merchant Shipping (Ship Inspection and Survey Organisations) Regulations 1996198

Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997199

Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) Regulations 1997200

Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants) Regulations 1997201

Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997202

Merchant Shipping (ISM Code) (Ro-Ro Passenger Ferries) Regulations 1997203

Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1998204

Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Manual Handling Operations) Regulations 1998205

Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 1999206

Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Personal Protective Equipment) Regulations 1999207

Fishing Vessels (EC Directive on Harmonised Safety Regime) Regulations 1999208

Merchant Shipping (Domestic Passenger Ships) (Safety Management Code) Regulations 2001209

Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 2001210

Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 2002211

Fishing Vessels (Safety of 15–24 Metre Vessels) Regulations 2002212

Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 2003213

Merchant Shipping (Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2003214

Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003215

Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004216

Merchant Shipping (Updating of References to Maritime Conventions) Regulations 2004217

Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 2004218

Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2004219

Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Provision and Use of Work Equipment) Regulations 2006220

Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment) Regulations 2006221

Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterway and Limited Coastal Operations) (Boatmasters’ Qualifications and Hours of Work) Regulations 2006222

Medicines

Medicines Act 1968223

Section 27(2) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987224

Medicines Act 1968 (Application to Radiopharmaceutical-Associated Products) Regulations 1992225

Medicines (Homeopathic Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 1994226

Medicines (Advertising) Regulations 1994227

Medicines (Monitoring of Advertising) Regulations 1994228

Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations etc.) Regulations 1994229

Good Laboratory Practice Regulations 1999230

Medical Devices Regulations 2002231

Unlicensed Medicinal Products for Human Use (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies) (Safety) Regulations 2003232

Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004233

Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005234

Medicines (Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 2005235

Medicines for Human Use (Manufacturing, Wholesale Dealing and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005236

Plant health

Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964237

Plant Health Act 1967238

Plant Varieties Act 1997239

Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations 1995240

Marketing of Fruit Plant Material Regulations 1995241

Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material Regulations 1999242

Potatoes Originating in Egypt (England) Regulations 2004243

Protection of animals used for experimental purposes

Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986244

Road transport

Transport Act 1968245

Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972246

International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act 1976247

Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981248

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984249

Transport Act 1985250

Road Traffic Act 1988251

Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988252

Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989253

Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Act 1991254

Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994255

Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995256

Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995257

Sections 40 to 45 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995258

Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001259

Section 41 of and paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002260

Road Safety Act 2006261

Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 1979262

Road Transport (International Passenger Services) Regulations 1984263

Goods Vehicles (Community Authorisations) Regulations 1992264

Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1998265

Motor Cycles Etc. (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1999266

End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003267

Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005268

Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007269

Security of pathogens and toxins

Part 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001270

Water

Water Industry Act 1991271

Water Resources Act 1991272

Water Act 2003273

Drinking Water (Undertakings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000274

Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000275

Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment) Regulations 2001276

Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2001277

Weights and measures

Weights and Measures Act 1985278

Calibration of Tanks of Vessels (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1975279

Alcoholometers and Alcohol Hydrometers (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1977280

Taximeters (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1979281

Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988282

Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2000283

Measuring Instruments (Automatic Discontinuous Totalisers) Regulations 2006284

Measuring Instruments (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2006285

Measuring Instruments (Automatic catchweighers) Regulations 2006286

Measuring Instruments (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2006287

Measuring Instruments (Beltweighers) Regulations 2006288

Measuring Instruments (Capacity Serving Measures) Regulations 2006289

Measuring Instruments (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 2006290

Measuring Instruments (Material Measures of Length) Regulations 2006291

Measuring Instruments (Cold-water Meters) Regulations 2006292

Measuring Instruments (Liquid Fuel Delivered from Road Tankers) Regulations 2006293

Measuring Instruments (Non-prescribed Instruments) Regulations 2006294

Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006295

Measuring Instruments (Exhaust Gas Analysers) Regulations 2006296

Measuring Instruments (Taximeters) Regulations 2006297

Wildlife

Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976298

Birds (Registration Charges) Act 1997299

Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997300

Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein301

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein302