EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made, in part, in exercise of the powers conferred by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
Part 2 makes amendments to the Plant Health (Wales) Order 2018 to transpose certain provisions in Council Directive 69/464/EEC on control of Potato Wart Disease (OJ No. L 323, 24.12.1969, p.1), Council Directive 93/85/EEC on the control of potato ring rot (OJ No. L 259, 18.10.1993, p.1), Council Directive 98/57/EC on the control of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. (OJ No. L 235, 21.8.1998, p.1), and Council Directive 2007/33/EC on the control of potato cyst nematodes and repealing Directive 69/465/EEC (OJ No. L 156, 16.6.2007, p.12).
Parts 3 to 5 make amendments to subordinate legislation relating to plant health in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular the deficiencies referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) and (g) of section 8(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
Part 3 amends the Plant Health (Wales) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1064). Part 4 amends the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2018.
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.