The Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2018

Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 908

Agriculture, England And Wales

Food, England And Wales

The Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2018

Made

23rd July 2018

Laid before Parliament

27th July 2018

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

27th July 2018

Coming into force

regulation 1 and 2

1st October 2018

remainder

31st March 2019

The Secretary of State in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales, make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1).

The Secretary of State in relation to England, with the consent of the Treasury, also makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973(2).

The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers have been designated(3) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2018.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st October 2018, except for regulation 3 which comes into force on 31st March 2019.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Revocation of regulations relating to countryside access

2.  The following are revoked—

(a) the Countryside Access Regulations 1994(4);

(b) the Countryside Access (Amendment) Regulations 1996(5);

(c) the Countryside Access (Amendment) Regulations 1999(6).

Revocation of regulations relating to dairy produce quotas

3.  The following are revoked—

(a) the Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) Regulations 2002(7);

(b) the Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004(8);

(c) the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 2005(9);

(d) the Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) Regulations 2005(10);

(e) the Dairy Produce Quotas (Amendment) Regulations 2006(11);

(f) the Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006(12);

(g) the Dairy Produce Quotas (Amendment) Regulations 2007(13);

(h) the Dairy Produce (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2007(14);

(i) the Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007(15);

(j) the Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008(16);

(k) the Dairy Produce Quotas (Amendment) Regulations 2008(17);

(l) the Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008(18).

George Eustice

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

23rd July 2018

Lesley Griffiths

Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh

Ministers

22nd July 2018

We consent

Andrew Stephenson

Rebecca Harris

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

19th July 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke a number of instruments relating to countryside access and dairy produce quotas.

Regulation 2 revokes three instruments relating to countryside access, which are spent or otherwise superseded. Two of those instruments are revoked only in relation to Wales, having previously been revoked in relation to England.

Regulation 3 revokes eleven instruments relating to dairy produce quotas on 31st March 2019. The Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/458) contain general provisions concerning dairy produce quotas in the United Kingdom and are revoked in relation to England and Wales. The other instruments contain provision relating to dairy produce quotas on English or Welsh holdings and are capable of having cross border effect as the holdings of producers in England and Wales may comprise land in other parts of the United Kingdom. The instruments are revoked in relation to England or Wales, respectively.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

An Explanatory Memorandum is available, in relation to England, alongside the instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk , and in relation to Wales, from the Economy, Skills and Natural Resources Department of the Welsh Government.

(1)

1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a) and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Schedule, Part 1.

(2)

1973 c. 51. Section 56(1) was amended by S.I. 2011/1043.

(3)

The Secretary of State was designated by S.I. 1972/1811, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. The Welsh Ministers were designated by S.I. 2010/2690.

(4)

S.I. 1994/2349, amended by S.I. 1996/3111, 1999/416, 1174, 2197, and 2011/1043, and revoked in relation to England by S.I. 2015/639.

(5)

S.I. 1996/3111, revoked in relation to England by S.I. 2015/639.

(6)

S.I. 1999/1174.

(7)

S.I. 2002/458, amended by S.I. 2007/477, 2008/438 and 2011/1043.

(8)

S.I. 2004/911 (W. 94).

(9)

S.I. 2005/465, amended by S.I. 2006/120, 2805, 2007/106, 2008/439, 2011/1043 and 2018/378.

(10)

S.I. 2005/537 (W. 47), amended by S.I. 2006/762 (W. 72), 2007/844 2008/685 (W. 72) and 2011/1043.

(11)

S.I. 2006/120.

(12)

S.I. 2006/762 (W. 72).

(13)

S.I. 2007/106, amended by S.I. 2008/439.

(14)

S.I. 2007/477, amended by S.I. 2008/438.

(15)

S.I. 2007/844 (W. 76), amended by S.I. 2008/685 (W. 72).

(16)

S.I. 2008/438.

(17)

S.I. 2008/439.

(18)

S.I. 2008/685 (W. 72).