The Humane Trapping Standards (England and Wales) Regulations 2019

This Statutory Instrument has been made to correct errors in S.I. 2019/22 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 1288

Wildlife, England And Wales

The Humane Trapping Standards (England and Wales) Regulations 2019

Made

26th September 2019

Laid before Parliament

30th September 2019

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

30th September 2019

Coming into force

1st April 2020

The Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1).

The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers are Ministers designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of that Act in relation to wild animals(2).

(1)

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). It is prospectively repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) from exit day (see section 20 of that Act). The function of the former Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of making regulations under section 2(2) was transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 2002/794.

(2)

S.I. 2014/1890, which is prospectively revoked by S.I. 2018/1011 from exit day.