# Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023, Section 30: Duty to publish requirement under section 25(1) or 27(1) in draft

Extent: E+W

(1) Before a particular requirement is imposed under section 25(1) or 27(1), the Welsh Ministers must—
(a) have published—
(i) a draft of the requirement,
(ii) a description of the persons on whom it is proposed that the requirement may be imposed, and
(iii) the deadline for making comments on the draft, which must not be earlier than 4 weeks after the date of publication, and
(b) have decided, having had regard to the comments received before the deadline (and any other relevant matters), whether the requirement should be imposed in the terms of the draft or in revised terms.
(2) After the decision to impose a requirement has been made under subsection (1)(b), the Welsh Ministers may impose that requirement on a person (under section 25(1) or section 27(1), as the case may be) at any time when the person is within the description published under subsection (1)(a)(ii) in respect of the requirement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/4/section/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-wales-act-2023/section-30
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