The Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings Provisions) Order 2023

Title and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings Provisions) Order 2023.

(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023.

Part 1 Provisions coming into force

Provisions coming into force on 17 October 2023

2.  The following provisions of the Act come into force on 17 October 2023—

(a) sections 21 to 23 (Intervention in agricultural markets);

(b) sections 25-33 (Collection and sharing of data);

(c) section 34 (Marketing Standards);

(d) section 35 (Carcass classification);

(e) section 55 (Consequential amendments and repeals etc.);

(f) Schedule 1 (Agricultural products relevant to marketing standards provisions);

(g) Schedule 2 (Minor and Consequential Amendments etc. relating to Parts 1 to 3) to the extent it is not already in force;

(h) Schedule 3 (Consequential amendments etc. to the CMO Regulation).

Provisions coming into force on 1 April 2024

3.  The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 April 2024—

(a) sections 36-44 (Forestry) to the extent that they are not already in force.

Part 2 Saving provisions

4.  Despite the repeal of Schedule 5 to the Agriculture Act 2020 by paragraph 1(9) of Schedule 2 to the Act, regulations and declarations specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order continue in force and have effect as if they had been made under the section of the Act specified in Column 2 of the Schedule.

Lesley Griffiths

Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd, one of the Welsh Ministers

12 October 2023