Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023

1. Introduction

2. General Overview of the Act

   1. Part 1 – Sustainable Land Management

   2. Part 2 – Support for agriculture etc

   3. Part 3 – Matters relating to agriculture and agricultural products

   4. Part 4 – Forestry

   5. Part 5 – Wildlife

   6. Part 6 – General

   7. Schedule 1 - Agricultural products relevant to marketing standards provisions

   8. Schedule 2 - Minor and consequential amendments etc. relating to Parts 1 to 3

   9. Schedule 3 - Consequential amendments etc. to the CMO Regulation

3. Commentary on Sections

   1. Part 1 – Sustainable Land Management

      1. The objectives

         1. Section 1 – The sustainable land management objectives

      2. The duty

         1. Section 2 - Welsh Ministers’ duty in relation to the objectives

         2. Section 3 - Exceptions from the duty in section 2

      3. Monitoring and reporting

         1. Section 4 – Sustainable Land Management indicators and targets

         2. Section 5 – Steps to be taken in preparing or revising indicators and targets

         3. Section 6 – Sustainable Land Management reports

         4. Section 7 – Steps to be taken in preparing reports

   2. Part 2 – Support for Agriculture Etc

      1. Chapter 1 - Welsh Ministers’ power to provide support

         1. Section 8 - Welsh Ministers’ power to provide support

         2. Section 9 - Further provision about support under section 8

         3. Section 10 - Power to make provision about publication of information about support

         4. Section 11 – Multi-annual Support Plans

         5. Section 12 - Power to make provision about checking eligibility for support, etc

         6. Section 13 - Annual report about support provided under section 8

         7. Section 14 – Impact Report

         8. Section 15 - Steps to be taken in preparing report under section 13

      2. Chapter 2 - Powers to modify legislation relating to financial and other support

         1. Section 16 - Power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme

         2. Section 17 - Power to modify legislation relating to the common agricultural policy

         3. Section 18 - Power to modify legislation relating to support for apiculture

         4. Section 19 - Power to modify legislation relating to support for rural development

         5. Section 20 - Relationship with other powers to modify legislation

      3. Chapter 3 - Intervention in agricultural markets

         1. Section 21 - Declaration relating to exceptional market conditions

         2. Section 22 - Exceptional market conditions: powers available to Welsh Ministers

         3. Section 23 - Power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to public market intervention and private storage aid

      4. Chapter 4 - Agricultural tenancies

         1. Section 24 - Agricultural Holdings: dispute resolution relating to financial support

   3. Part 3 - Matters Relating to Agriculture and Agricultural Products

      1. Chapter 1 - Collection and sharing of data

         1. Section 25 - Agri-food supply chains: requirement to provide information

         2. Section 26 - Meaning of “agri-food supply chain”

         3. Section 27 - Relevant activity: requirement to provide information

         4. Section 28 - Meaning of “relevant activity”

         5. Section 29 - Requirement to specify purposes for which information may be processed

         6. Section 30 - Duty to publish requirement under section 25(1) or 27(1) in draft

         7. Section 31 - Provision of required information and limitations on its processing

         8. Section 32 - Enforcement of information requirements

         9. Section 33 - Review of operation and effect of sections 25 to 32

      2. Chapter 2 - Marketing Standards: Agricultural products

         1. Section 34 - Marketing standards

      3. Chapter 3

         Classification etc of certain carcasses

         1. Section 35 - Carcass classification

   4. Part 4 - Forestry

      1. Section 36 – Overview of Part

      2. Section 37 - Conditions of tree felling licences

      3. Section 38 - Amendment of tree felling licences by agreement

      4. Section 39 - Varying, suspending or revoking tree felling licences

         1. Section 24C

         2. Section 24D

         3. Section 24E

      5. Section 40 – Tree Preservation Orders

      6. Section 41 – Appeals and Compensation

      7. Section 42 - Penalty for felling without licence

      8. Section 43 – Service of documents

      9. Section 44 - Consequential amendments to the Forestry Act 1967

   5. Part 5 - Wildlife

      1. Section 45 – Overview of Part

      2. Section 46 - Prohibition on use of snares and glue traps

      3. Section 47 - Modification of prohibitions on use of other methods to kill or take wild animals

      4. Section 48 – Consequential amendments to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

   6. Part 6 - General

      1. Section 49 – Power to make consequential, transitional etc. provision

      2. Section 50 – Regulations under this Act

      3. Section 51 – Meaning of “agriculture” and related references

      4. Section 52 – Meaning of “ancillary activity”

      5. Section 53 - Power to amend sections 51 and 52

      6. Section 54 - Other interpretation

      7. Section 55 - Consequential amendments and repeals etc.

      8. Section 56 – Coming into force

      9. Section 57 – Short title

   7. Schedule 1 - Agricultural Products Relevant to Marketing Standards Provisions

   8. Schedule 2 - Minor and Consequential Amendments Etc Relating to Parts 1 to 3

      1. Part 1: Amendments, Repeals and Savings Relating to the Agriculture Act 2020

      2. Part 2: Amendments to other Acts

   9. Schedule 3 - Consequential Amendments Etc. to the Cmo Regulation

      1. Part 1: Amendments relating to Chapter 3 of Part 2 (intervention in markets)

      2. Parts 2 and 3: Amendments relating to section 34 (marketing standards) and section 35 (carcass classification)

      3. Part 4: Saving provision

4. Record of Proceedings in Senedd Cymru