Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023

53 Power to amend sections 51 and 52

(1) The Welsh Ministers may amend sections 51 and 52 by regulations.

(2) Before laying a draft statutory instrument containing regulations under this section before Senedd Cymru (for the purposes of section 50(6)), the Welsh Ministers must carry out the steps specified in subsections (3) and (4).

(3) The Welsh Ministers must consult any persons appearing to them to be likely to be affected by the regulations on a proposed draft of the regulations.

(4) The Welsh Ministers must—

(a) allow those persons a period of at least 12 weeks to submit comments on the proposed draft regulations,

(b) consider any comments submitted within that period, and

(c) publish a summary of those comments.

(5) Where the Welsh Ministers lay a draft statutory instrument containing regulations under this section before Senedd Cymru for the purposes of section 50(6), they must include with the draft a statement that–

(a) specifies whether there are differences between the draft regulations that were consulted on under subsection (3) and regulations under this section that are contained in the draft statutory instrument being laid, and

(b) if there are differences between the draft regulations that were consulted on and the regulations that are contained in the draft statutory instrument being laid, gives details of those differences.

(6) A draft statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be approved by a resolution of Senedd Cymru in accordance with section 50(6) until after the expiry of the period of 40 days beginning with the day on which the draft statutory instrument is laid.

(7) In calculating whether a period of 40 days has expired for the purposes of subsection (6), no account is to be taken of any time during which Senedd Cymru is dissolved or is in recess for more than four days.