CHAPTER I U.K. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

[F1 Article 2A U.K. Definition of appropriate authority

1. Subject to paragraph 2, ‘the appropriate authority’ means—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(d) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.

2. But the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State if consent is given by—

(a) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(c) in relation to Wales, in respect of the power to make regulations under Articles 4, 5, 8 11 and 12, the Welsh Ministers.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 2A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/740), regs. 1, 3(4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1463, regs. 1(2)(a), 7(2)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)