Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT

   1. The objectives

      1. 1. The sustainable land management objectives

   2. The duty

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

      2. 3. Exceptions from the duty in section 2

   3. Monitoring and reporting

      1. 4. Sustainable land management indicators and targets

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

      3. 6. Sustainable land management reports

      4. 7. Steps to be taken in preparing reports

3. PART 2 SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURE ETC.

   1. CHAPTER 1 WELSH MINISTERS’ POWER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT

      1. 8. Welsh Ministers’ power to provide support

      2. 9. Further provision about support under section 8

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

      4. 11. Multi-annual support plans

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

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

      7. 14. Impact Report

      8. 15. Steps to be taken in preparing report under section 14

   2. CHAPTER 2 POWERS TO MODIFY LEGISLATION RELATING TO FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT

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

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

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

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

      5. 20. Relationship with other powers to modify legislation

   3. CHAPTER 3 INTERVENTION IN AGRICULTURAL MARKETS

      1. 21. Declaration relating to exceptional market conditions

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

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

   4. CHAPTER 4 AGRICULTURAL TENANCIES

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

4. PART 3 MATTERS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

   1. CHAPTER 1 COLLECTION AND SHARING OF DATA

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

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

      3. 27. Relevant activity: requirement to provide information

      4. 28. Meaning of “relevant activity”

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

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

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

      8. 32. Enforcement of information requirements

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

   2. CHAPTER 2 MARKETING STANDARDS: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

      1. 34. Marketing standards

   3. CHAPTER 3 CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN CARCASSES ETC.

      1. 35. Carcass classification

5. PART 4 FORESTRY

   1. 36. Overview of Part

   2. 37. Conditions of tree felling licences

   3. 38. Amendment of tree felling licences by agreement

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

   5. 40. Tree Preservation Orders

   6. 41. Appeals and compensation

   7. 42. Penalty for felling without licence

   8. 43. Service of documents

   9. 44. Consequential amendments to the Forestry Act 1967

6. PART 5 WILDLIFE

   1. 45. Overview of Part

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

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

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

7. PART 6 GENERAL

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

   2. 50. Regulations under this Act

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

   4. 52. Meaning of “ancillary activity”

   5. 53. Power to amend sections 51 and 52

   6. 54. Other interpretation

   7. 55. Consequential amendments and repeals etc.

   8. 56. Coming into force

   9. 57. Short title

8. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS RELEVANT TO MARKETING STANDARDS PROVISIONS

      1. 1. Milk and milk products

      2. 2. Spreadable fats

      3. 3. Beef and veal

      4. 4. Poultry and poultrymeat

      5. 5. Eggs and egg products

      6. 6. Fruit and vegetables, other than olives

      7. 7. Olive oil and table olives

      8. 8. Hops

      9. 9. Wine

      10. 10. Aromatised wine

      11. 11. Interpretation

   2. 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

         1. 1. Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21)

         2. 2. Despite the repeal of Schedule 5 to the Agriculture Act...

      2. PART 2 AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS

         1. 3. Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)

         2. 4. Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)

         3. 5. Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5)

         4. 6. Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3)

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS ETC. TO THE CMO REGULATION

      1. PART 1 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CHAPTER 3 OF PART 2 (INTERVENTION IN MARKETS)

         1. 1. Exceptional market conditions

         2. 2. If paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Agriculture Act...

      2. PART 2 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECTION 34 (MARKETING STANDARDS)

         1. 3‍. Marketing standards

         2. 4. In Article 73 (marketing standards: scope), for “under paragraph 16(1)...

         3. 5. In Article 75 (marketing standards: establishment and content), in paragraph...

         4. 6. In Article 78 (definitions, designations and sales descriptions for certain...

         5. 7. In Article 80 (oenological practices and methods of analysis), in...

         6. 8. In Article 86 (reservation, amendment and cancellation of optional reserved...

         7. 9. In Article 91 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...

         8. 10. In Article 119 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...

         9. 11. In Article 122 (labelling and presentation in the wine sector:...

         10. 12. In Article 123 (implementing powers in accordance with the examination...

      3. PART 3 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECTION 35 (CARCASS CLASSIFICATION)

         1. 13‍. Carcass classification

         2. 14. In Article 19 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...

         3. 15. In Article 20 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...

         4. 16. In Article 21 (public intervention and aid for private storage:...

      4. PART 4 SAVING PROVISION

         1. 17. Regulations made by the European Commission under Section 1 or...

         2. 18. Regulations made by the European Commission under—