The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 1021 (W. 217)

Exiting The European Union, Wales

Seeds, Wales

The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

Sift requirements satisfied

26 September 2022

Made

4 October 2022

Laid before Senedd Cymru

6 October 2022

Coming into force

27 October 2022

The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(1).

Title and commencement

1.  The title of these Regulations is the Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 and they come into force 21 days after the date on which they are laid.

The Seed Marketing (Wales) Regulations 2012

2.—(1) The Seed Marketing (Wales) Regulations 2012(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 2—

(a) in paragraph A1 (interpretation)—

(i) in the definition of “protected zone quarantine pest”, for ““protected zone quarantine pest” (“pla cwarantin parth gwarchodedig”)” substitute ““PFA quarantine pest” (“pla cwarantin ardal sy’n rhydd rhag plâu”)”;

(ii) in the definition of “RNQP”, for “Union” substitute “GB”;

(iii) in the definition of “Union quarantine pest”, for ““Union quarantine pest” (“pla cwarantin yr Undeb”)” substitute ““GB quarantine pest” (“pla cwarantin Prydain Fawr”)”.

(b) in paragraphs 15, 28, 42 and 50 (crop and seed requirements), in each place they occur—

(i) for “protected zone” substitute “PFA”;

(ii) for “Union” substitute “GB”.

The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2017

3.—(1) The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2017(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “RNQP”, for “Union” substitute “GB”.

Lesley Griffiths

Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd, one of the Welsh Ministers

4 October 2022

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

These Regulations make minor amendments to The Seed Marketing (Wales) Regulations 2012 and The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2017.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.

(1)

2018 c. 16. See section 20(1) for the definition of “devolved authority”.

(2)

S.I. 2012/245 (W. 39). Paragraph A1 of Schedule 2 was inserted by S.I. 2020/833 (W. 182). There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

S.I. 2017/691 (W. 163). The definition of “RNQP” was inserted by S.I. 2020/833 (W. 182). There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.