2.—(1) The functions of the Minister under section 1 (power in connection with research as to the artificial insemination of livestock) of the Agriculture (Artificial Insemination) Act 1946(1) (“the 1946 Act”), currently exercisable by the Welsh Ministers and the Secretary of State jointly(2) are, so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Welsh Ministers (who may accordingly exercise those functions in relation to Wales acting alone).
(2) The 1946 Act applies in relation to the exercise of the functions under section 1(1) by the Welsh Ministers as if section 1(2) were omitted.
The functions of the Minister were transferred, so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, to the Secretary of State for Wales acting jointly with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1978/272. The functions transferred by that instrument to the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the 1999 Order and are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).