Welsh Statutory Instruments
AGRICULTURE, WALES
Made
24 January 2006
Coming into force
25 January 2006
The National Assembly for Wales, acting in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1) and (1A), 69(1) and (3), 70(1), 71(1), 74(1), 74A, 77(4), 78(6) and (10), 79(1), (2) and (9), and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970(1) and being designated(2) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(3) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food producing animals and measures in the veterinary field for the protection of public health, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2) (in so far as these Regulations cannot be made under the powers in the Agriculture Act 1970 specified above), and after consultation as required by section 84(1) of the said Act or as appropriate by 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(4), makes the following Regulations:
Functions of “the Secretary of State”, (“yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol”) so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672. Section 74A was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972 (1972 c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 6.
S.I. 2005/2766 in relation to measures concerning the common agridultural policy, S.I. 2005/1971 in relation to measures concerning feed and S.I. 2003/1246 in relation to measures in the veterinary field for the protection of public health.
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L245, 29.9.2003, p.4).