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Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023

Chapter 3 .Classification etc of certain carcasses

201.Section 35 confers powers on the Welsh Ministers in respect of the classification, identification and presentation of certain carcasses by slaughterhouses in Wales. The powers replace time limited powers conferred by paragraph 18 of Schedule 5 to the 2020 Act.

Section 35 - Carcass classification

202.Subsection (1) confers powers on the Welsh Ministers to make provision by regulation about the classification, identification and presentation of bovine, pig and sheep carcasses by slaughterhouses in Wales.

203.Subsection (2) states that regulations made under subsection 1 may include provision about enforcement, and that this may include, for example, provision conferring powers of entry, creating summary offences and imposing monetary penalties.

204.Subsection (3) states that regulations made under section 35 may not authorise entry to a private dwelling, without a warrant issued by a justice of the peace. “Private dwelling” is defined at section 54.

205.Subsection (4) defines “pigs” for the purposes of this section of the Regulations as including wild boar and other feral pigs.

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