Draft Regulations laid before Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament and of the National Assembly for Wales.
Draft Statutory Instruments
Wildlife
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The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers are Ministers designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to wild animals(2).
The Secretary of State, in relation to England and Scotland(3), and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales, make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of that Act.
1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51); and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).
Section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) provides that, despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to observing and implementing obligations under EU law, any function of a Minister of the Crown shall continue to be exercisable by the Minister as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.