Welsh Statutory Instruments
AGRICULTURE, WALES
FOOD, WALES
Made
11 January 2012
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
12 January 2012
Coming into force
12 January 2012
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1).
The Welsh Ministers have been designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals(2).
The relevant designation order is the European Communities (Designation) (No.2) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1971). Article 4 of that order designated the National Assembly for Wales constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) (“the Assembly”) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the matters specified in Schedule 3 to that order which includes measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food producing animals. Functions exercisable by the Assembly under that order are now vested in the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 and paragraph 30(2)(b) of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).