The Badger (Control Area) (Wales) (Revocation) Order 2012
W.S.I. 2012/1387 · Made 23 May 2012
ANIMALS, WALES
Made 23 May 2012
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 25 May 2012
Coming into force 15 June 2012
The Welsh Ministers,
being no longer satisfied that it is necessary to destroy wild members of the badger species within the control area specified within the Badger (Control Area) (Wales) Order 2011 in order to eliminate or substantially reduce the incidence of tuberculosis in animals of any kind within that area, and
after consultation with the Countryside Council for Wales in accordance with section 21(3) of the Animal Health Act 1981f1 in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 21(2), (4) and (5) and 86(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981f2, make the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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- f2
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Section 86(1) is cited for the meaning give to “the Minister”. Functions under the Animal Health Act 1981 are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672); the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3044) and section 162 of and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
Contents
1Title and commencement
The title of this Order is the Badger (Control Area) (Wales) (Revocation) Order 2012.
This Order comes into force on 15 June 2012.
2Revocation
The Badger (Control Area) (Wales) Order 2011f1 is revoked.
Signature
John Griffiths
Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, one of the Welsh Ministers
23 May 2012
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes the Badger (Control Area) (Wales) Order 2011.