2021 No. 1480 (W. 382)

Exiting The European Union, Wales

Food, Wales

Animals, Wales

The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021
Approved by Senedd Cymru
Made
at 11.03 a.m. on 22 December 2021
Laid before Senedd Cymru
at 5.45 p.m. on 22 December 2021
Coming into force
30 December 2021
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—
a
paragraph 11A(1) of Schedule 2 to the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011 ; and
b
paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7, to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 .
The Welsh Ministers are of the opinion, that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make these Regulations without a draft of the instrument being laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru .
S.I. 2011/2379 (W. 252). Paragraph 11A was inserted into Schedule 2 by regulation 2(2) of the Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1639 (W. 344)).
2018 c. 16; see section 20(1) for the definition of “devolved authority”. Paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 was amended by section 41(4) of, and paragraph 53(2) of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to, the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1).
The references in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to the National Assembly for Wales now have effect as references to Senedd Cymru by virtue of section 150A(2) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). See paragraphs 7 and 38 of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 for provision about the procedure that applies to this instrument.