2010 No. 2287 (W.199)
AGRICULTURE, WALES
The Feed (Sampling and Analysis and Specified Undesirable Substances) (Wales) Regulations 2010
Made 15 September 2010
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 17 September 2010
Coming into force 11 October 2010
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 67(5), 74A, 79(9) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970 , and under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 .
1970 c. 40. Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions “the Ministers”, “prescribed” and “regulations”. The definition of “the Ministers” was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), Schedule 5, paragraph 1. Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and thereafter transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (2006 c. 32).
1972 c. 68.
The Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health , the common agricultural policy of the European Union and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals .
S.I. 2008/1792.
S.I. 2005/2766. Functions of the National Assembly for Wales under this designation and the designation under S.I. 2005/1971 were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraphs 28 and 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.
S.I. 2005/1971.
There has been consultation during the preparation of these Regulations in accordance with the requirements of section 84(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970 or, as appropriate, of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety .
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468 with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).