(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These regulations make amendments to secondary legislation extending to Wales (and to agricultural holdings administered by the National Assembly for Wales (“the National Assembly”)), in consequence of the abolition of the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce (“the Board”) and the transfer, to the National Assembly, of responsibility for certain functions previously exercised by the Board.
In particular, the regulations amend the Common Agricultural Policy Support Schemes (Modulation)(Wales) Regulations 2000, the School Milk (Wales) Regulations 2001 and the Slaughter Premium (Wales) Regulations 2001, and, amongst other things, provide for the references to the Board therein to be replaced with references to the National Assembly.
The abolition of the Intervention Board took effect on 15th November 2001 and these Regulations therefore came into force on that date in accordance with Regulation 1(1).