Citation, commencement and application

1.  This Order—

(a) may be cited as the Spring Traps Approval (England) Order 2012;

(b) comes into force on 15th February 2012; and

(c) applies in relation to England only(1).

(1)

The powers under section 8(3) and (7) of the Pests Act 1954 are devolved, in relation to Wales, to the Welsh Ministers: see the reference to the Pests Act 1954 in Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).